c++/1788: gcc 2.95.2 gives ICE when declaring variables as static in classes

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>Number:         1788
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       gcc 2.95.2 gives ICE when declaring variables as static in classes
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          ice-on-legal-code
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jan 26 13:36:02 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Pär Lidén
>Release:        gcc 2.95.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
Slackware Linux 7.1 (Glibc 2.1.3)
gcc 2.95.2 is installed on top of the the original gcc 2.91.66 with a .tgz package.
>Description:
Under gcc 2.95.2 I get an internal error, but it does not say ICE however, it's some other kind of strange error.
With gcc 2.97 (online compilation) you won't get an internal error, but instead Virtual Memory Exhausted, which I assume indicates that there is still a problem. 
>How-To-Repeat:
g++ bug.cc
>Fix:
You could change the order of words before the type (the modificators or whatever they are called).
I write const int static.
If you instead write static const int the problem will dissappear. Honestly, I dont't know which is the right, but my (limited) C/C++ knowledge tells me that both ways are correct.
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