static data member problem

[Jason Merrill]

>>>>> Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br> writes:

 > Mark E <snowball3@usa.net> writes:
 >> The program below generates an "undefined reference to 
 >> container<char>::null_str_c" when STATIC is defined with egcs 
 >> 1.1 for DJGPP. It seems perfectly legal to me, is the error correct 
 >> or have I found a bug?

 > You have found a bug.  I can reproduce it on IRIX 5.2 and SunOS 4.1.3,
 > but not on other Unix platforms I've got access to.  I believe it is
 > the same problem that affects platforms that lack ELF weak-symbols:
 > static data members of template classes have to be explicitly
 > instantiated on them :-(

Yes, but it's not a bug.  Them's the facts of life on such targets, unless
you have a clever idea...

Jason