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The most important consequence of the One Definition Rule is that non-inline functions with external linkage should only be defined once in a program, although they can be declared multiple times. Therefore, such functions should not be defined in headers, since a header can be included multiple tim...

A function declared inline may be defined in multiple translation units, provided that all definitions are identical. It also must be defined in every translation unit in which it is used. Therefore, inline functions should be defined in headers and there is no need to mention them in the implementa...

Even with identical tokens for inline functions, ODR can be violated if lookup of names doesn't refer to the same entity. let's consider func in following: header.h void overloaded(int); inline void func() { overloaded('*'); } foo.cpp #include "header.h" void foo() { ...