为什么会出现LNK2005“符号已定义”的链接错误？（国外英文资料）.doc

为什么会出现LNK2005“符号已定义”的链接错误？（国外英文资料） Why is there a link error for the LNK2005 symbolic definition? Many Visual c + + users have encountered LNK2005: symbol already defined and LNK1169: one or more multiply defined symbols found in the link error, and usually encountered when using third-party libraries. For this problem, some friends may not be learning, while some friends may much but dont know why, so this article is trying to completely solve all sorts of doubts about it for you. As you all know, from the C/C + + source program into an executable file has two stages: (1) the compiler to compile the source file into the assembly code, and then translated into machine instruction by assembler (assembler) and other related information () after the output to a target file (the object file, VC compiler is the target file to the default suffix. Obj); The (2) linker links each target file (and possibly a number of libraries) to produce a complete executable. Compiler to compile the source files when the source file global symbol (global symbol) is divided into strong and weak (strong) (weak) two types to the compiler, and then the compiler will strength information coding and save in the symbol table of the target file. So what is strong and weak? The compiler thinks that the function and the global variables that are initialized are strong, and the uninitialized global variables are weak. For example, there is a source file: Extern int errorno; Int buf [2] = {1, 2}; Int * p; Int main () { Return 0; } The main, buf is a strong symbol, and p is a weak symbol, and errorno is not strong, because it is just a statement of the use of an external variable. With the concept of a strong and weak symbol, the linker (Unix platform) will handle and select the global symbol that has been defined several times in terms of the following rules (see [1], p549 ~ p550) : Rule 1: not allowing strong symbols to be defined multiple times (that is, there is no strong symbol of the same name i