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If you have to ask about linking, you won’t understand the answer

by David M. Doolin, PhD on May 25, 2008

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Just to keep the record straight, I was not the OP on this thread, but I could have been.

From a discussion thedailywtf.com

asuffield:
You lack understanding of how C++ name mangling interacts with the linker. It is normal for this sort of problem to be revealed by the linker rather than the compiler.

aib (the OP):
…among many other things [that the OP lacks]. Any pointers?

asuffield:
It’s not something that gets documented. There’s no real way to grasp the details other than implementing a C++ compiler.

I’m on it, man, now where’s my Dragon Book?

For my non-technical readers, there is some subcommunication going on here, along the lines of: If you have to ask, you aren’t capable of getting it.

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