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I'd like to make a python-like dynamic integer class in C++ as an experiment. It requires me to change many integers to string types. As in here: https://www.zverovich.net/2013/09/07/integer-to-string-conversion-in-cplusplus.html it states that fmt format_int will be best for that kind of job.
So I installed fmt with command sudo apt-get install libfmt-dev
I added a header #include <fmt/format.h>
Used it in a simple test main
int main()
{
std::cout<<fmt::format_int(124236695253045068).str();
}
And tried to compile with g++ -lfmt -std=c++17 dynamic\ mem.cc
Output of the compiler is as follows:
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/ccLBcSNm.o: in function `fmt::v6::format_int::format_decimal(unsigned long long)':
dynamic mem.cc:(.text._ZN3fmt2v610format_int14format_decimalEy[_ZN3fmt2v610format_int14format_decimalEy]+0x94): undefined reference to `fmt::v6::internal::basic_data<void>::digits'
/usr/bin/ld: dynamic mem.cc:(.text._ZN3fmt2v610format_int14format_decimalEy[_ZN3fmt2v610format_int14format_decimalEy]+0xad): undefined reference to `fmt::v6::internal::basic_data<void>::digits'
/usr/bin/ld: dynamic mem.cc:(.text._ZN3fmt2v610format_int14format_decimalEy[_ZN3fmt2v610format_int14format_decimalEy]+0xfa): undefined reference to `fmt::v6::internal::basic_data<void>::digits'
/usr/bin/ld: dynamic mem.cc:(.text._ZN3fmt2v610format_int14format_decimalEy[_ZN3fmt2v610format_int14format_decimalEy]+0x113): undefined reference to `fmt::v6::internal::basic_data<void>::digits'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/ccLBcSNm.o: in function `std::make_unsigned<long>::type fmt::v6::internal::to_unsigned<long>(long)':
dynamic mem.cc:(.text._ZN3fmt2v68internal11to_unsignedIlEENSt13make_unsignedIT_E4typeES4_[_ZN3fmt2v68internal11to_unsignedIlEENSt13make_unsignedIT_E4typeES4_]+0x2b): undefined reference to `fmt::v6::internal::assert_fail(char const*, int, char const*)'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Do you have any ideas what went wrong? I don't usually link non-standard libraries so I don't have any idea what to do about it.

Answer 1

Use
$ g++ -std=c++17 dynamic\ mem.cc -lfmt
fmt is provided as a static library (.a). With those, the order is important as the linker takes out of a library only the objects which are needed to provide symbols to other objects or libraries which precede them in the command line. If you start with a library, there is only main which is missing and usually libraries don't provide main, so they are ignored. When putting the library after your source code, the symbols missing in your code are searched in the library.
(In case of circular dependencies, you may even have to provide a library several times)