Resolving a " cannot define member function ... within .."

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I have been struggling with this issue for a while and I would like to know a systematic way of figuring out why I might be getting this error. Apparently I have multiple components in my solution. I am getting this error when I attempt to build one of my components.

error: cannot define member function 'ImageFramework::ACE_Main::run_i' within 'ImageFramework'


In file included from C:\mingw64\required\ACE\ACE_wrappers/ace/config-all.h:89:0,
                 from C:\windows-libs\corba\ACE_wrappers\TAO\orbsvcs/orbsvcs/CosNamingC.h:37,
                 from C:\Users\UserAdmin\TreeShell\MainProcess\SourceCode\ExternalCommunication\CORBA/TCorbaClient.h:12,
                 from C:\Users\UserAdmin\TreeShell\MainProcess\SourceCode\ExternalCommunication/SystemCommunicator.h:23,
                 from C:\Users\UserAdmin\TreeShell\MainProcess\SourceCode\ApplicationManager\ApplMngExternalComm.h:18,
                 from C:\Users\UserAdmin\TreeShell\MainProcess\SourceCode\ApplicationManager\ApplMngMessageHandler.h:15,
                 from C:\Users\UserAdmin\TreeShell\MainProcess\SourceCode\ApplicationManager\ApplMngMessageHandler.cpp:15:
C:\mingw64\required\ACE\ACE_wrappers/ace/OS_main.h:218:51: error: cannot define member function 'ImageFramework::ACE_Main::run_i' within 'ImageFramework'
 inline int ACE_Main::run_i (int argc, char *argv[])  \

A little background the component uses an external library called ace and the error lands me in an ace source file (which i am hesitant to touch as its not a part of my project). Which is something like this

#       define main \
ace_main_i (int, char *[]); \
ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL \
ACE_Export int ace_os_main_i (ACE_Main_Base&, int, char *[]); \
class ACE_Main : public ACE_Main_Base {int run_i (int, char *[]);}; \
inline int ACE_Main::run_i (int argc, char *argv[])  \
{ \
  return ace_main_i (argc, argv); \
} \
ACE_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL \
int \
ACE_MAIN (int argc, char *argv[]) /* user's entry point, e.g., wmain */ \
{ \
  ACE_Main m; \
  return m.run (argc, argv); /*ace_os_main_i (m, argc, argv);   what the user calls "main" */ \
} \

int \
ace_main_i

#     endif /* ACE_WIN32 && ACE_USES_WCHAR */

#   else /* ACE_HAS_WINCE */

Anyways here is what I have tried for the above mentioned error message error so

 error: cannot define member function 'ImageFramework::ACE_Main::run_i' within 'ImageFramework'

I have looked through the ImagFramework class source .h and .cpp which has multiple include files. (Furthermore this class acts as a base class to many other classes) to see if an ace library header was included however I could not find any. I would appreciate suggestions on what might be a systematic approach on finding out what might be causing this issue . I might even be wrong interpreting this message. My understanding of this message is that possibly a method in the imageframework class or a method in its base class might be triggering the above part of the code. Please correct me if I am wrong ? Any suggestions ideas on this issue would be appreciated. Are there any other reasons why i might be getting this ?

The code I posted above is from an external library i am using — James Franco
– James Franco, Commented Apr 29, 2015 at 22:58
Do you have anything called main in your code, apart from int main() function? — Anton Savin
– Anton Savin, Commented Apr 29, 2015 at 23:00

Anton Savin · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-29 23:03:04Z

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It looks like ImageFramework class has a member called main. So the macro #define main ace_main_i ... expands and gives the error.

answered Apr 29, 2015 at 23:03

Anton Savin

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James Franco Over a year ago

Yes there is a method in it called main and its declared as virtual uint32_t main(); Do you think that should be renamed. I am not sure what is happening here

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