From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30296 invoked by alias); 21 Nov 2010 17:51:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 30284 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Nov 2010 17:51:41 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from localhost (HELO gcc.gnu.org) (127.0.0.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:51:35 +0000 From: "redi at gcc dot gnu.org" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug c++/46589] struct member function not declared global X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: c++ X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: minor X-Bugzilla-Who: redi at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:04:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-bugs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-bugs-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2010-11/txt/msg02638.txt.bz2 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46589 --- Comment #1 from Jonathan Wakely 2010-11-21 17:51:27 UTC --- typedef struct { void G() ; } L ; void L::G() { } This is not the same type as L in main.cpp and the error is correct, L::G is not defined What you've defined is {unnamed type in L0.cpp}::G and that's not the same function as {type L in main.cpp}::G it's confusing because you've used the typedef L in both files, but that doesn't make it the same type, and more than this would: // file1.cpp typedef struct X { void f(); } L; // file2.cpp typedef struct Y { void g(); } L; Clearly you have two different typedefs called L here (which is an ODR violation) and not a single type.