multiple definition of `main'

hello.cpp:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `main’
/tmp/cc1cVxpW.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x0): first defined here collect2:
error: ld returned 1 exit status

c++编译时经常看到该错误。

是因为main中已经包含了该头文件，然后编译又将该头文件包含了。如：

  1 #include <iostream>
  2 #include "first.cpp"                                                                                                                                               
  3 using namespace std;
  4 
  5 int a = 10;
  6 
  7 int main(){
  8     cout << "a = " << a  << endl;
  9     getA();
 10     return 0;
 11 }

  1 #include <iostream>        
  2 using namespace std;       
  3 
  4 extern int a;              
  5 
  6 void getA(){               
  7     cout << "a = " << a << endl;                                                                                                                                   
  8 }                                                                                                                                                                                                       

编译语句：g++ -o main main.cpp first.cpp

此时应该将编译语句改为：g++ -o main main.cpp