Internal Compiler error #40, with tiny test case

[SL Baur]

$ gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-pc-linux/pgcc-2.91.60/specs
gcc version pgcc-2.91.60 19981201 (egcs-1.1.1 release)

Intel/Linux kernel version 2.1.133-pre1 with GNU libc 2.0.108,
pgcc/egcs compiled with default optimizations (-g -O2).

$ g++ -c fred.cpp
fred.cpp: In function `int fred()':
fred.cpp:8: warning: invalid use of type decl `typedef char * basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_template<true,0> >::pointer' as expression
fred.cpp:8: Internal compiler error 40.
fred.cpp:8: Please submit a full bug report to `egcs-bugs@cygnus.com'.
fred.cpp:8: See <URL: http://egcs.cygnus.com/faq.html#bugreport > for details.

fred.cpp:
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