Multiple inclusion of GetPot - c++

Question

I'm facing a problem with GetPot (http://getpot.sourceforge.net/), namely the fact that when I include it more than once I get a multiple definition error by the linker.
Here's a MWE:
file main.cpp:
#include "GetPot"
int main()
{
return 0;
}
file foo.cpp:
#include "GetPot"
void foo()
{
GetPot configurationFileParser("foobar");
double bar = configurationFileParser("bar", 0.0);
}
(all GetPot files, that is GetPot, GetPot.hpp and GetPot.cpp, are in the same directory as main.cpp and foo.cpp).
Compiling with g++ main.cpp foo.cpp, I get:
/tmp/ccD22ma0.o: In function `GetPot::__constraint_check(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const*, bool) const':
foo.cpp:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `GetPot::__constraint_check(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const*, bool) const'
/tmp/ccxM8JHn.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x0): first defined here
/tmp/ccD22ma0.o: In function `GetPot::__constraint_check_OR(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const**) const':
foo.cpp:(.text+0x5ca): multiple definition of `GetPot::__constraint_check_OR(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const**) const'
/tmp/ccxM8JHn.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x5ca): first defined here
/tmp/ccD22ma0.o: In function `GetPot::__constraint_check_AND(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const**) const':
foo.cpp:(.text+0x752): multiple definition of `GetPot::__constraint_check_AND(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const**) const'
/tmp/ccxM8JHn.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x752): first defined here
/tmp/ccD22ma0.o: In function `GetPot::__constrain_check_EQUAL_STRING(char const*, char const**) const':
foo.cpp:(.text+0x692): multiple definition of `GetPot::__constrain_check_EQUAL_STRING(char const*, char const**) const'
/tmp/ccxM8JHn.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x692): first defined here
/tmp/ccD22ma0.o: In function `GetPot::__constraint_check_PRIMARY(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const**) const':
foo.cpp:(.text+0x81e): multiple definition of `GetPot::__constraint_check_PRIMARY(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const**) const'
/tmp/ccxM8JHn.o:main.cpp:(.text+0x81e): first defined here
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
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On the other hand, compiling GetPot.cpp into an object file GetPot.o and then simply including GetPot.hpp in my source files will not work either, since GetPot::operator() is only declared in GetPot.cpp, hence the error:
/tmp/ccSIAz1V.o: In function `foo()':
foo.cpp:(.text+0x106): undefined reference to `double GetPot::operator()<double>(StringOrCharP, double) const'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
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In any case, this whole problem baffles me, since both GetPot.hpp and GetPot.cpp have include guards, so multiple definitions should not happen in the first place.
What am I doing wrong? Is there really no way to include GetPot more than once in a collection of files (in particular, for example, when writing a library)?
Thank you very much
Mattia

Answer 1

GetPot should only be included in one file. Otherwise, you might consider going through the member functions and make inline what is not inline.