I tried the operator overload: link errors

[srowe]

class GRectangle : public GObject{
public:
	
	GRectangle(int x, int y, int width, int height);
	~GRectangle(){
		if (handles.size()){
			vector<CRect*>::iterator it;
			for (it = handles.begin(); it != handles.end(); it++) delete *it;
		}
	}
	virtual void GRectangle::Draw(CDC* dc);
	virtual void LatchPt(CDC& dc,int x, int y);
	GObject* HandleHit(CPoint p);
	void AdjustToLatchPt();
	virtual void InitHandles();
	virtual CString IsClass(){ return CString("GRectangle"); }
private:
	
	int what;
	vector<CRect*> handles;
	int num_handles;

};

ostream& operator << (ostream& os, GObject& gob){
	long x = gob.GetBeginPt().x;
	os << x;
	return os;
}

Now I get link errors:


1>------ Build started: Project: mydraw, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1> GRectangle.cpp
1> Generating Code...
1> Compiling...
1> mydrawView.cpp
1> mydrawDoc.cpp
1> GObject.cpp
1> Generating Code...
1> Skipping... (no relevant changes detected)
1> mydraw.cpp
1>mydrawDoc.obj : error LNK2005: "class std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > & __cdecl operator<<(class std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > &,class GObject &)" (??6@YAAAV?$basic_ostream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@std@@AAV01@AAVGObject@@@Z) already defined in GRectangle.obj
1>C:\Users\steve\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\mydraw\Debug\mydraw.exe : fatal error LNK1169: one or more multiply defined symbols found
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

[srowe]

I solved my problem. Evidently the new C++ standard doesn't like inline operator overloads.

[Gamer2015]

Are you sure it does NOT work with inline?

It works for me with inline and without inline.