Re: class matrix

From:
"John Carson" <jcarson_n_o_sp_am_@netspace.net.au>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sun, 21 May 2006 23:06:59 +1000
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The code contains quite a lot of errors(...)


I use Microsoft Visual C++ and I see only two error:

a.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class
std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > & __cdecl
operator<<(class std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits<char>

,class matrix2x2)" (??6@YAAAV?$basic_ostream@DU?$char_

traits@D@std@@@std@@V01@Vmatrix2x2@@@Z)
Debug/a.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.


I only see one, and one is all it takes.

I ran your code on three different versions of VC++ and got three different
sets of errors. Judging by your errors, you are using VC++ 6, which predates
the current standard and should not be used for anything except the
maintenance of old applications.

You can find a free version of Microsoft's current compiler here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/

In any event, the problem with your code is that you have declared the
friend operator << but not defined it. You also should change the signature
of that friend to:

friend ostream &operator << (ostream & os, const matrix2x2 & X);

i.e., make both arguments references along with the return type (the
reference for the ostream argument is essential; the reference for the
matrix2x2 is merely preferable).

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