gcc does not know about "new" and "delete"

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

Framk gave you the answer.

gcc is a plain c compiler.

Erich

Joel W. Gannett wrote:
> I've checked but was unable to find any FAQs on this subject, as 
> keywords such as "new" and "delete" apparently created too many hits.
> 
> Why doesn't my cygwin gcc know about the standard C++ functions "new" 
> and "delete"?  Here is an ultra-simple program (newtest.cpp) that won't 
> compile for me under cygwin:
> 
> // program begin
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> int
> main()
> {
>        int *i;
>              i = new int;
>        *i = 15;
>        printf ( "hello, world: %d\n", *i );
>        delete i;
>        return 0;
> }
> 
> // program end
> 
> This is what happens when I try to compile this program under cygwin on 
> my Windows XP machine:
> 
> % gcc newtest.cpp
> /tmp/ccReoXoA.o:newtest.cpp:(.text+0x32): undefined reference to 
> `operator new(unsigned int)'
> /tmp/ccReoXoA.o:newtest.cpp:(.text+0x5e): undefined reference to 
> `operator delete(void*)'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> Also, I get essentially the same compilation failure messages when I try 
> to compile this under cygwin on my Windows 2000 machine.
> 
> When I compile this simple program using gcc on a Sun Unix workstation, 
> it compiles fine, with no messages, and runs fine as well.
> 
> Any help on this problem would be appreciated.  I have attached the 
> cygcheck.out file for my Windows XP machine.
> 
> 
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