Re: ld returned 1 exit status Error
On Mar 19, 1:09 am, pai <grp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Vector.h
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#ifndef VECTOR_H_
#define VECTOR_H_
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace std;
namespace ptl
{
template <class T>
class vec
{
private:
T* ptr;
T* allocate(int);
public:
//structor
vec():ptr(NULL){
cout << "No arg constructor" << endl;
};
vec(int val):ptr(NULL){
cout << "one arg constructor" << endl;
ptr = allocate(sizeof(int));
*ptr = val;
};
~vec(){};
};
}//namespace ptl
#endif /*VECTOR_H_*/
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vector.cpp
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#include "vector.h"
template <class T>
T* ptl::vec<T>::allocate(int size)
{
T *tmp = (T*)malloc(size);
cout << "allocate fn" << endl;
return tmp;
}
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But when I put the code in vector.cpp to vector.h its gets compiled.
The error occurs because when compiling vector.cpp compiler doesn't
know that vec<int> instantiation will be needed. It only checks if the
file is syntactically valid. Later in the main file, compiler knows
that vec<int> is needed, but it doesn't have access to vec::allocate
template function source code and it's unable to find the definition
of the function. That is why allocate function definition must be
provided in the header file.
Marcin.
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