[Bug c++/58885] Template static variable linking issue!

[daniel.kruegler at googlemail dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58885

--- Comment #5 from Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler at googlemail dot com> ---
(In reply to Vehbi Esref Bayraktar from comment #4)
> So why doesn't it compile as is
> CGEnum<int, Test_Enum>::instances_list CGEnum<int, Test_Enum>::msInstances;
> and asks for a specialization notation (template<>)?

Well, because that would be invalid C++ otherwise. The most reasonable
interpretation is to assume that this would be an attempt to specialize that
member and this would require the template<> prefix. What else should it be?