syntax error breaks compiler

[Wagner Toledo Correa]

[wtcorrea@glab4 tests]$ g++ -v --save-temps foo.cpp
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/cpp -lang-c++ -v -undef
-D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUG__=2 -D__cplusplus -D__GNUC_MINOR__=91 -D__ELF__
-Dunix -Di386 -D__i386__ -Dlinux -D__ELF__ -D__unix__ -D__i386__
-D__i386__ -D__linux__ -D__unix -D__i386 -D__linux -Asystem(posix)
-D__EXCEPTIONS -Asystem(unix) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) -Di386
-D__i386 -D__i386__ -D__tune_i386__ foo.cpp foo.ii
GNU CPP version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release) (i386
Linux/ELF)
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/include/g++-2
 /usr/local/include
 /usr/i386-redhat-linux/include
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include
 /usr/include
End of search list.
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/cc1plus foo.ii -quiet
-dumpbase foo.cc -version -o foo.s
GNU C++ version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
(i386-redhat-linux) compiled by GNU C version egcs-2.91.66
19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release).foo.cpp: In function `int main()':
foo.cpp:11: Internal compiler error 980715.
foo.cpp:11: Please submit a full bug report to
`egcs-bugs@egcs.cygnus.com'.
foo.cpp:11: See <URL: http://egcs.cygnus.com/faq.html#bugreport > for
details.

---------- foo.cpp ----------
#include <iostream.h>

template <typename T> T foo()
{
	return 0.0;
}

int main()
{
	// This is a syntax error that breaks the compiler.
	cout << foo<float> << endl;
}
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