A Comprehensive Analysis of C++ Compilation and Linking: How to Resolve Those Frustrating ‘Undefined References’

Have you ever encountered these “mysterious” issues: clearly, both .cpp and .h files are written, compilation passes, but linking fails with the error message undefined reference to SomeFunction()? You have implemented merging with others’ projects, linking libraries, writing CMakeLists, and Makefiles, yet it always mysteriously fails once the project files are involved…

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