The command below results in "internal compiler error: Segmentation fault" with the checking-
enabled version of GCC 4.0.1 on Suse Linux 9.2.  It also crashes with Apple GCC 4.0.0 on Mac OSX 
10.4.2.  
    GCC 3.3.4 on Suse rejects the code without crashing, as does CodeSourcery arm-none-linux-
gnueabi-g++ 3.4.3, our local version of arm-softfloat-linux-gnu 3.4.1, and (on OSX) Apple's GCC 3.3 
and my own build of 3.4.0.

/opt/gcc401chk/bin/g++     -c       ../cpp/bugfiles/error/EckelRob_104822.ii 

../jammed/Barney/eckel.cpp: In function ‘std::string EckelCode::FramisTest()’:
../jammed/Barney/eckel.cpp:2039: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault

    With the Apple version of GCC 4.0.0, it gives a crash dialog (with a Report… button which doesn't 
work) with the following text:

The application cc1plus quit unexpectedly…
EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x1)
KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0X2) at 0xc

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 0x1000 + 457016
…

    I'll attach the preprocessed source.  It was copied by Rob Stevenson, a former PalmSource employee, 
from volume one of Bruce Eckel's _Thinking in C++_.  Here's the relevant function:

string FramisTest() {
   	stringstream ss2;
  Framis* f[Framis::psize];
  try {
    for(int i = 0; i < Framis::psize; i++)
      f[i] = new Framis;
    new Framis; // Out of memory
  } catch(bad_alloc) {
    ss2 << "Out of memory!" << endl;
  }
  delete f[10];
  f[10] = 0;
  // Use released memory:
  Framis* x = new Framis;
  delete x;
  for(int j = 0; j < Framis::psize; j++)	{
  	ss2 << f[j]->ReturnStrStream() ;
    delete f[j]; // Delete f[10] OK
   }
  return ss2.str() ;
} ///:~

______________________________________
Configurations:

Suse:
62> /opt/gcc401chk/bin/g++ -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../configure --enable-checking --prefix=/opt/gcc401chk --enable-languages=c,c+
+
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.0.1

63> uname -a
Linux thrallis 2.6.8-24.16-default #1 Thu Jun 2 12:09:57 UTC 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux


Macintosh:
> gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.0.0/specs
Configured with: /private/var/tmp/gcc/gcc-4061.obj~8/src/configure --disable-checking --prefix=/
usr --mandir=/share/man --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --program-transform-name=/^
[cg][^+.-]*$/s/$/-4.0/ --with-gxx-include-dir=/include/gcc/darwin/4.0/c++ --build=powerpc-
apple-darwin8 --host=powerpc-apple-darwin8 --target=powerpc-apple-darwin8
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.0.0 20041026 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 4061)

112> uname -a
Darwin klono.local 8.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.2.0: Fri Jun 24 17:46:54 PDT 2005; 
root:xnu-792.2.4.obj~3/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc

PalmSource bug #104822
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Flash Sheridan
http://pobox.com/~flash
Quality Lead for Compilers and Debuggers
PalmSource, Inc. Tools Quality Management