gcc-2.95 internal error

[Martin Bachtold]

gcc-2.95 told me to send you this error report. Here's the file:
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// Input file for internal error in gcc -2.95
class A {
public:
  A();
  template<class TTItem>
  static void f(const TTItem*);
};

A::A() {
  void (*function)(const double*) = &f<double>;
}

template<class TTItem>
void A::f(const TTItem* in) {
}

int main(int, char**) {
  A a;
  return 0;
}
// end of input file


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Here's the compilation:

gcc -v --save-temps -o templateTest templateTest.cc

Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95/specs

gcc version 2.95 19990728 (release)
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95/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) -
                                                                             
?
GNU CPP version 2.95 19990728 (release) (i386 Linux/ELF)
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95/../../../../include/g++-3
 /usr/local/include

/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/include
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95/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/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95/cc1plus templateTest.ii
-quiet -dumpbase templateTest.cc -version -o templateTest.s
GNU C++ version 2.95 19990728 (release) (i686-pc-linux-gnu) compiled by
GNU C version 2.95 19990728 (release).
templateTest.cc: In method `A::A()':
templateTest.cc:9: Internal compiler error.
templateTest.cc:9: Please submit a full bug report.
templateTest.cc:9: See <URL: http://egcs.cygnus.com/faq.html#bugreport >
for instructions.                                                     

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Comment:
There is a workaround to make the code work by changing the line
  void (*function)(const double*) = &f<double>;
to:
  void (*function)(const double*) = &f;

I realize that the submitted snippet may not even be legal C++ source,
but the compiler should even then not produce an internal error.

Regards, Martin.

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  Martin Bächtold
  Coyote Systems, Inc.
  2740 Van Ness Ave. #210, San Francisco, CA 94109
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