One of my instructors finally got back with me and explained to me what I was doing wrong. "flush_istream" was a function I created to deal with invalid user inputs to cin calls. The function is only five lines long and it is used by a number of other functions. I placed it in its own header files stream_flush.h, but because it was the only function and because it was so short I did not separate the definition and implementation, i.e. no stream_flush.cpp file. However, as you have probably already figured out this caused the error of it being defined multiable times. My instructor suggested I inline the function which did fix the problem, however I'm thinking it would be better to separate the definition and the implementation.
#ifndef STREAM_FLUSH_H
#define STREAM_FLUSH_H
#include <istream>
//blocking if no data in the stream
inline void flush_istream(std::istream& in)
{
while(in.peak() != '\n')
in.get();
}
#endif
Thanks all for your help. Being in Korea often leaves me sitting here for up to a day or more sometimes waiting for help. Just one of the challenges of being in the Air Force and going to school online.
