c++/2935: internal compiler error gcc

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>Number:         2935
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       internal compiler error gcc
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May 25 01:16:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     gcc
>Release:        unknown-1.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3/specs
gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)
on a RH7.0 system using kernel 2.4.4 (which doesnt matter, i suppose)
>Description:
say i have a debug class, every other class in my project implements it to
get sensible debugging. this class has a method dbgout(char *str) 
which prints debuggee infos, for corresponding classes.
class debug {
  debug(char *name) { ... };
  dbgout(char *str) { cout << "["<< name << "]: "<<str; }
};
class a : public debug 
{ ... };
class b : public debug
{ ... };

here the "internal compiler error" appears:

class c : public a, public b {

void foo() { dbgout("foo fighter"); }

}

this produces the error. because gcc cant decide, which dbgout() to use.
by replacing foo with

void foo() { a::dbgout("foobidoo"); }

it works.
aint the compiler smart enough to say something like: could not decide which symbol to use??

i hope the description is good enough for those sorts of things 
>How-To-Repeat:
see above
>Fix:
see above
>Release-Note:
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