http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49406
Summary: Inlining in inheritance seems broken Product: gcc Version: 4.5.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: neotheone...@gmail.com Gcc version: 4.5.2 Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.5/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.5 --enable-shared --enable-multiarch --with-multiarch-defaults=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.5 --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-plugin --enable-gold --enable-ld=default --with-plugin-ld=ld.gold --enable-objc-gc --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Consider the following two classes: Base and Derived. The complete code is as follows: //Base.h class Base { public: void showBase(); }; //Base.c++ inline void Base::showBase() { std::cout << "This is the base class."; } //Derived.h class Derived : public Base { public: void showDerived(); }; //Derived.c++ void Derived::showDerived() { std::cout << "This is derived class.\n"; std::cout << "Calling base class method.\n"; Base::showBase(); } //InlineTest.c++ int main() { Derived derived; derived.showDerived(); return 0; } Command-line : g++ InlineText.c++ Base.c++ Derived.c++ -o Inline.o Compiler error output: /tmp/ccDKDhFN.o: In function `Derived::showDerived()': Derived.c++:(.text+0x32): undefined reference to `Base::showBase()' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status