Question

I cannot make heads or tails of the following C++ error generated by g++

/tmp/ccH0IPVU.o: In function `myAPP::mandatory_bitfield_t::to_s(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)':
myAPP.cpp:(.text._ZN3myAPP20mandatory_bitfield_t4to_sERSsSs[myAPP::mandatory_bitfield_t::to_s(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)]+0x8c): undefined reference to `myAPP::to_s(unsigned char*, int)'
/tmp/ccH0IPVU.o: In function `myAPP::optional_bitfield_t::to_s(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)':
myAPP.cpp:(.text._ZN3myAPP19optional_bitfield_t4to_sERSsSs[myAPP::optional_bitfield_t::to_s(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)]+0x8d): undefined reference to `myAPP::to_s(unsigned char*, int)'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Does anyone know what these errors are in reference to and how I can fix them?

Answer 1

As far as the linker knows, you have forgotten to include (compile) a definition of myAPP::to_s(unsigned char*, int).

I’m just translating the error message.

Cheers & hth.