Internal err 274 on dynamic array (Was: tt #1533 - Bug in g++?)

["James F. Carter" <jimc at math dot ucla dot edu>]

/*bug04.C -- Internal compiler error 274 on dynamic auto array

In obscure circumstances involving a dynamic array where one dimension is
a nontrivial expression (and none of the dimensions are const, not that 
it seems to matter), the compiler gets one of two fatal errors: internal
compiler error 274, or signal 11 (segment violation).  It fails on Sparc
(sparc-sun-solaris2.5) but not on egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux 
(i386-slackware-linux).  Seemingly trivial changes in the source code make
the error behavior change radically or disappear entirely.

gcc version:	2.95.2 19991024 (release)
System type:	sparc-sun-solaris2.5
Command line:	g++ bug04.C
Discovered by:	"Duane Nykamp" <nykamp@math.ucla.edu>
Submitted by:	"James F. Carter" <jimc@math.ucla.edu>
Submitted date:	2000-10-11

Output complained about:
bug04.C: In function `int main()':
bug04.C:50: Internal compiler error 274.
bug04.C:50: Please submit a full bug report.
bug04.C:50: See <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/faq.html#bugreport> for instructions.

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*/

extern int write(int, const void*, unsigned int);

int main() {
  int fileid /* = creat(...) */;  
/*  With the following exit() in place, the error message is
	Internal compiler error 274.
    With exit() removed, the error is
	g++: Internal compiler error: program cc1plus got fatal signal 11
    Further testing retains exit() in the code. */
  if(fileid==-1) exit(1);

  int Nn=2;
  int Nbins = 4;
  double mean_sb[Nn][Nbins];
  double cov[Nn][Nn][2*Nbins];	/*With Nbins instead of 2*Nbins wherever 
				occurring, the error does not appear.*/

/*  With both of these statements in place, the error occurs.  If either is
    commented out, the error hides. */
  write(fileid, *mean_sb, Nn*Nbins*sizeof(double));
  write(fileid, **cov, Nn*Nn*(2*Nbins)*sizeof(double));	//error reported here
}