g++ otimizes out const globals

John Milford jwm@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Wed Mar 31 23:54:00 GMT 1999


mrs@wrs.com (Mike Stump)  wrote:

>
> Not a bug.  I think you think that const int foo = 5; is external, it
> is not.  If you want external, the way to spell it is `extern'.
>

	Quite true, this is something that was not clearly
documented, and I screwed up.  I am sorry for taking your time with
it.  This was not meant as a personal attack on you or on the project
as a whole, a more direct response would have ended this much quicker.


		--John



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