From:	bryan AT alpha DOT hcst DOT com (Bryan Murphy)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	I don't Understand this Error
Date:	8 Mar 1997 21:05:07 -0500
Organization:	Hassler Communication Systems Technology, Inc.
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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I'm compiling a program I wrote.  It has three key modules:

llist.h/llist.cc 
- This is a Templated linked list class, with virtual functions.
  I've been using it with no problems.

universe.h/universe.cc
- This is the main object for my program, it has four key funcitons
  that are called:
  Initialize();
  Execute();
  ShutDown();

  It also has another class in it called OBJECT, which is stored in
  the main class via a linked list.  It has an 
  operator == (const OBJECT &obj)
  function in it.

univtest.cc
- This program creates an instance of hte Universe object, and
  simply calls the three procedures.  

Now, when I compile, everything compiles fine, but the link process
gives me an error.  I have no idea what it means:
file.cc/h: undefined reference to 
'OBJECT::operator == (const OBJECT &obj)'

and

file.cc/h: undefined reference to 'OBJECT virtual table'

What does that second one mean?  The Linked list has always 
worked before (and I do include the UNIVERSE.H file in the
LLIST.CC file and use the -no-implicit-templates to work 
around the current template bug in gcc). So why do I still
get teh first error?  Most (if not all) functions are virtual.

Why doesn't this link?  What does that second error mean?
It makes no sense.  I don' teven know where to start looking
for a problem.

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