c++/7181: foo<n>::bar = foo<n-1>::bar + foo<n-2>::bar evaluates to zero at compile time

[Paolo Carlini]

Nathan Sidwell wrote:

>paolo@gcc.gnu.org wrote:
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>>Synopsis: foo<n>::bar = foo<n-1>::bar + foo<n-2>::bar evaluates to zero at
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>FYI, this is broken in 2.96RH too, so is quite old. The static initializers
>are emitted in the wrong order so we initialize foo<n> before foo<n-1>. doh!
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Thanks for your feedback.
You agree, I suppose, that is quite embarassing that g++ is no longer 
able to correctly compile the textbook example of template 
metaprogramming :-(

Paolo.