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Re: MIPS C++ bug
> On Jun 17, 2003, <gp@qnx.com> wrote:
>
> > ./libsomelib.so: undefined reference to `SomeCls::DEF_INST'
>
> I'm afraid your program is in error. Even though SomeCls::DEF_INST is
> a public static const int, initialized in place, a global definition
> of every static data member is still mandatory. In case the
> initializer in the declaration is given, the definition must not have
> an initializer. I.e., add to one of your translation units the
> following line:
>
> const int SomeCls::DEF_INST;
>
> and your program will be well-formed C++ per the current C++ Standard,
> and, as a bonus, will likely link correctly too :-)
That's very interesting but then it implies that the mips toolchain is the
only one which is correct since this code works fine on all the others.
Isn't mips being correct when all the others are wrong one of the signs of
the coming apocalypse? *looks up at sky*
;-)
Kris