GCC 2.95.2, Next 3.3; Reference causes error in pickingspecialization

[James McKelvey <mckelvey at fafnir dot com>]

GCC 2.95.2

Next Cube running NextSTEP 4.2, 3.3 Developer

Enclosed program demonstrates that when an explicit specialization uses pass  
by reference, the non-specialized template is picked:

g++ -o x x.cc


#include <iostream>

class A
{
public:

    template <class T>
    A(T x);
};

template <class T>
A::
A(T)
{
    cout << "T constructor" << endl;
}

template <>
A::
A(int&) /* A(int) */
{
    cout << "int constructor" << endl;
}



int main(void)
{
    int i = 1;

    A b(i);

    return 0;
}

Prints "T constructor". If the & is removed, it prints "int constructor".



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