Re: Incorrect (?) template specialization results when compiling with -O3

[John Fine <johnsfine at verizon dot net>]

Andrew Bell wrote:
> But int your example, isn't the <int> specialization visible at the
> point the call is made - even if it is through the header file?
>
>   
No.  The header file did not declare the specialization, so the 
specialization was called without being declared.

I think you only need to declare it, not define it, in the compilation 
where it is called (though one of the posts in that link said 
otherwise).  Change the header file to

// Binky.h
#ifndef BINKY_H
#define BINKY_H
template<typename T> const char* getString()
{
   return "T";
}
template<> const char* getstring<int>();
#endif