c++/967: egcs 2.91 ice

[mark@kuchel.net]

>Number:         967
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       egcs 2.91 ice
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Dec 03 16:36:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mark Kuchel
>Release:        gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
>Organization:
>Environment:
Red Hat 6.2 egcs 1.1.2-30 kernel 2.2.14-12
>Description:
When trying to a char * = string.[reference|pointer], there is an error generated, but then there is an ICE.

test.cc: In function `int main()':
test.cc:7: warning: invalid use of type decl `typedef char & basic_string<char,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_template<true,0> >::reference' as expression
test.cc:7: warning: assignment to `char *' from `char' lacks a cast
test.cc:7: Internal compiler error 40.

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>How-To-Repeat:
#include <string>
 
int main(void){
        char *buffer;
        string buffer2;
        buffer = buffer2.reference;
        return 0;
}      
>Fix:

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