g++ bug

[Guido Macchi <guido at fceia dot unr dot edu dot ar>]

Dear Sir:
	The program that follows,

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    1   class C {
    2   	static const int j;
    3   	int a[j];
    4   public:
    5   	C f(C &c) {
    6   		C tmp;
    7   		return tmp;
    8   	}
    9   };
   10   class D {
   11   	static const int j;
   12   	int a[j];
   13   public:
   14   	D() {}
   15   	D f(D &c) {
   16   		D tmp;
   17   		return tmp;
   18   	}
   19   };

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crash the compiler with the following log (-v flag used).

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Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1/2.95.2/cpp -lang-c++ -v -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUG__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=95 -D__cplusplus -D__ELF__ -Dunix -D__i386__ -Dlinux -D__ELF__ -D__unix__ -D__i386__ -D__linux__ -D__unix -D__linux -Asystem(posix) -D__EXCEP
TIONS -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) -Di386 -D__i386 -D__i386__ -Di486 -D__i486 -D__i486__ bug1.cc /tmp/cccQq9vW.ii
GNU CPP version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) (i386 Linux/ELF)
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/lib/qt/include
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1/2.95.2/../../../../include/g++-3
 /usr/local/include
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1/2.95.2/../../../../i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1/include
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1/2.95.2/include
 /usr/include
End of search list.
The following default directories have been omitted from the search path:
 
End of omitted list.
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1/2.95.2/cc1plus /tmp/cccQq9vW.ii -quiet -dumpbase bug1.cc -version -o /tmp/ccIBW6RN.s
GNU C++ version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) (i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1) compiled by GNU C version 2.95.2 19991024 (release).
bug1.cc: In method `class D D::f(D &)':
bug1.cc:17: Internal compiler error in `find_function_data', at function.c:542
Please submit a full bug report.
See <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/faq.html#bugreport> for instructions.
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The only difference between class C (which succeed) and class D (which not)
is the class constructor D(). The error is not reproducible without using
a convoluted declaration like

    2   	static const int j;
    3   	int a[j];

						guido


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