Re: [Mingw-users] Undefined reference to WinMain@16

[Andrew F. <and...@sb...>]

> From: C. Marcano <cos...@gm...>
> Subject: [Mingw-users] Undefined reference to WinMain@16
> 
> Hi, everybody:
> I am just starting to use cygwin/gcc/mingw environment. So, I am
> a novice.
> I am tryng to compile a simple C++ program, with g++. It compiles
> without error, but when I try to 'g++ -o test test.o', the linker reports:
> "Undefined reference to WinMain@16"

Depending on what library you are using, you might need to make sure that your main function has exactly the right signature, ie. int main(int, char**). You definitely need to be careful of this if you use SDL.