使用SDL库开发，提示error LNK2001:无法解析的外部符号_main

在使用SDL2库进行开发的时候，一开始会遇到标题所示的问题。

解决办法是自定义SDL_MAIN_HANDLED宏，如#define SDL_MAIN_HANDLED即可解决问题。

产生这个问题的原因是SDL把main函数变成了自己的SDL_main，详见SDL_main.h里，

#if defined(SDL_MAIN_NEEDED) || defined(SDL_MAIN_AVAILABLE)
#define main    SDL_main
#endif

SDL_MAIN_NEEDED和SDL_MAIN_AVAILABLE默认是会开启其中一个的。详见SDL_main.h里，

#ifndef SDL_MAIN_HANDLED
#if defined(__WIN32__)
/* On Windows SDL provides WinMain(), which parses the command line and passes
   the arguments to your main function.


   If you provide your own WinMain(), you may define SDL_MAIN_HANDLED
 */
#define SDL_MAIN_AVAILABLE


#elif defined(__WINRT__)
/* On WinRT, SDL provides a main function that initializes CoreApplication,
   creating an instance of IFrameworkView in the process.


   Please note that #include'ing SDL_main.h is not enough to get a main()
   function working.  In non-XAML apps, the file,
   src/main/winrt/SDL_WinRT_main_NonXAML.cpp, or a copy of it, must be compiled
   into the app itself.  In XAML apps, the function, SDL_WinRTRunApp must be
   called, with a pointer to the Direct3D-hosted XAML control passed in.
*/
#define SDL_MAIN_NEEDED


#elif defined(__IPHONEOS__)
/* On iOS SDL provides a main function that creates an application delegate
   and starts the iOS application run loop.


   See src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitappdelegate.m for more details.
 */
#define SDL_MAIN_NEEDED


#elif defined(__ANDROID__)
/* On Android SDL provides a Java class in SDLActivity.java that is the
   main activity entry point.


   See README-android.md for more details on extending that class.
 */
#define SDL_MAIN_NEEDED


#elif defined(__NACL__)
/* On NACL we use ppapi_simple to set up the application helper code,
   then wait for the first PSE_INSTANCE_DIDCHANGEVIEW event before 
   starting the user main function.
   All user code is run in a separate thread by ppapi_simple, thus 
   allowing for blocking io to take place via nacl_io
*/
#define SDL_MAIN_NEEDED


#endif
#endif /* SDL_MAIN_HANDLED */

 

如果想要让这两个宏都不定义，那么最好的办法就是自己定义一个SDL_MAIN_HANDLED的宏，

意思就是自己有main函数，不需要sdl提供。