https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80469
--- Comment #6 from Markus Trippelsdorf <trippels at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Ubikovich from comment #5) > (In reply to Markus Trippelsdorf from comment #4) > > (In reply to Ubikovich from comment #3) > > > >> You need to provide the definition of dothis() somewhere. > > > > > > There is the definition: > > > > > > // subimpl.cpp > > > #include "subimpl.h" > > > void A::dothis() {} > > > > Yeah, put "__attribute__ ((visibility("default")))" above it and you're > > done. > > Why if move implement of A::a() to subimpl.cpp it not reproduced? Because then the compiler sees the definition of A::dothis in the same TU. And it doesn't generate a undefined symbol for main.cpp. But this is not the right place to discuss this. Read https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/dsohowto.pdf if you need more info.