Bug in EGCS 1.1b (better than 1.0.3a though)

[Christopher Curtis]

On 18 Sep 1998, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

Ack!  Apologies...

> Christopher Curtis <ccurtis@ee.fit.edu> writes:
> > #include <complex>
> > template<class T> class MoreComplex : public complex<T> { private:
> >   static int References = 0; };
> > int main( void ) { MoreComplex<double> Object; }
> 
> On what platform?  I can't reproduce the link error in 1.0.3.  With
> 1.1, I get the following correct error messages:
> 
> /home/msc/oliva/test.cc:6: ANSI C++ forbids in-class initialization of
> non-const static member `References'

I missed the 'non-const' ... portion of that.  If that is indeed the spec,
then it's correct.

But if it is the spec, I don't get it.  How can I ever have a sane
starting value for 'References'?  Surely I can't put it in the constructor
as I don't want it reset with each new object...

1.0.3 gave me lots of wierd errors and an internal compiler error when I
drastically malformed my headers, too.  I can't reproduce it at the
moment, though.  I'll see if I can and try it with 1.1 and see if I get
the same error.  Sorry for the chatter.  =)

Christopher