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Additional Info on undefined reference to `_WinMain@16'
- From: "Vance Miller" <vancemiller at pobox dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:26:43 -0700
- Subject: Additional Info on undefined reference to `_WinMain@16'
Sorry if this info seems a bit too basic, but I spent several hours last
night trying to resolve a linking error while compiling with gcc on Cygwin.
G++ version 3.2 20020927 (prerelease)
Cygwin Net Release 2.340.2.5 installed via the net 2 weeks ago.
Being new to namespaces, I thought it made sense to place my main() within a
named space. This caused the linking error when no main() in the std (or
global) space was available. See below:
$ cat test.cpp
// filename test.cpp
namespace my_namespace
{
int main()
{
return 0;
}
}
Owner@QUATTRO4 ~/project1/p1
$ g++ test.cpp
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../libcygwin.a(libcmain.o)(.text+0
x7c)
: undefined reference to `_WinMain@16'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
This fix was simple enough:
$ cat test.cpp
// filename test.cpp
using my_namespace::CLASS;
int main()
{
return 0;
}
I hope this helps someone.
Vance
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