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.








