[Bug c++/17338] Linker error message is a triumph of misdirection

[eddy at opera dot com]

------- Additional Comments From eddy at opera dot com  2004-09-07 13:47 -------
Subject: Re:  Linker error message is a triumph of misdirection

> no we cannot do this because the error is outputted by ld (which is
> owned by different people and is not part of GCC).  Also the
> defintion of Base::Method could be in a different translational unit
> so GCC cannot say that it is undefined when compiling to assembly.

You're right, of course; duly forwarded to bug-binutils at gnu dot org.
Sorry to be distracting with mis-directed report ...

(I tried supplying this via bugzilla so I could confirm it as
resolved, but it wanted a password ...)

	Eddy.


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17338