namespace error
Author
I just started learning how to use namespaces, and I keep getting a linking error even though the code is set up exactly the same as I see it in the tutorials.
I have this in a seperate header file included in "stdafx.h" >
namespace jGroup
{
//
class CTest
{
protected:
int iVal;
public:
CTest () {iVal = 0;};
~CTest () {};
int GetVal () {return iVal;};
};
//
void DoStuff () ;
}
void jGroup::DoStuff ()
{
}
And in main(), I have this >
#include "stdafx.h"
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
jGroup::CTest T1;
jGroup::DoStuff ();
cout << T1.GetVal ();
system ("Pause");
return 0;
}
And I get the following error messages:
1>Linking...
1>stdafx.obj : error LNK2005: "void __cdecl jGroup::DoStuff(void)" (?DoStuff@jGroup@@YAXXZ) already defined in JConsole.obj
1>C:\Users\Jacob\Programming\Projects\JConsole\Debug\JConsole.exe : fatal error LNK1169: one or more multiply defined symbols found
I know there shouldnt be a redefinition error because "stdafx.h" is only included once. Does anyone know why I am getting these errors?
Jacob
You don't (yet) understand the C++ compilation process. Each source file is compiled in isolation, so even if a file can only be included once does not prevent multiple definition errors across multiple files. I would advise you to read this.
Author
Yes, I know this..
But the problem is not that there is another identifier with the same name in another file. I know how to organize files, I am just trying to show the error in the simplest way possible.
But the problem is not that there is another identifier with the same name in another file. I know how to organize files, I am just trying to show the error in the simplest way possible.
Quote:Original post by ChainChief
Yes, I know this..
But the problem is not that there is another identifier with the same name in another file. I know how to organize files, I am just trying to show the error in the simplest way possible.
Remember that #include is basically a copy and paste operation. What the compiler sees is the preprocessed translation unit, it doesn't have any distinction between the header and source files.
So, even though you implemented "jGroup::DoStuff ()" in a single file, that doesn't matter because it gets compiled into every including file. So, file_a.cpp gets compiled to file_a.obj, and file_b.cpp gets compiled to file_b.obj, and both contain a copy of jGroup::DoStuff (). The compiler is not smart, it will not check to see if they are identical and merge them.
The solutions are outlined in the article I linked you to, but essentially function definitions must either be in a source file (.cpp) or declared 'inline'.
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