Xcode print symbol not found for my C function which used in Objective-C method body.

Question

Xcode build prints this error .

Undefined symbols:
"EGViewportDimensionMake(unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int)", referenced from: -[Renderer render] in Renderer.o ld: symbol(s) not found collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I cannot figure out what's the problem. I'm not good at classic C syntax. These are the function source code files:

EGViewportDimension.h

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

struct EGViewportDimension
{
    NSUInteger x;
    NSUInteger y;
    NSUInteger width;
    NSUInteger height;
};
typedef struct EGViewportDimension EGViewportDimension;

EGViewportDimension EGViewportDimensionMake(NSUInteger x, NSUInteger y, NSUInteger width, NSUInteger height);

EGViewportDimension.m

#import "EGViewportDimension.h"

EGViewportDimension EGViewportDimensionMake(NSUInteger x, NSUInteger y, NSUInteger width, NSUInteger height)
{
    EGViewportDimension dim;
    dim.x = x;
    dim.y = y;
    dim.width = width;
    dim.height = height;
    return dim;
}

I referenced and used this like:

Renderer.mm

#import "EGViewportDimension.h"

//.... many codes omitted.

EGViewportDimension vdim = EGViewportDimensionMake(0, 0, backingWidth, backingHeight);

Answer 1

This is not a compiler but a linker issue. You referenced this method from [Renderer render], however the linker is unable to find it. Did you check you have included EGViewportDimension.h at the appropriate place (eg. Renderer.m)?

Answer 2

I solved it by renaming Renderer.mm to Renderer.m. It was used some C++ classes so I made it as Objective-C++ code, but there was some problem. I removed all C++ calls and renamed it to Objective-C code.

But I still don't know what's the problem with Objective-C++ with classic C function definition.

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I asked this as another question, and I got an answer. See here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2213692/does-it-prohibited-calling-classic-c-function-from-objective-c-class-method-bod