template instantiation problems !? [was: egcs-g++-97112: virtual memory exhausted]

[Max Lawson]

> From: Max Lawson <mlawson@drfmc.ceng.cea.fr>
> Subject: egcs-g++-97112: virtual memory exhausted
> 
> 	Hi !
> 
> I'm using the lattest snapshot to compile a test 
> program on a i586-pc-linux-glibc1 with 46M RAM. 
> 
> This program uses lots of template methodes. 
> 
> The compilation fails when using the "-O6" flag with  
> the message "virtual memory exhausted ..". When compiled 
> with the "-O2" optimization flag _only_ 80% of memory 
> is used by cc1plus and the compilation is successfull.
> 
> Is this a bug ? Or do I have to used a given switch to 
> make things run ?
> 
	Hi,

 	I've seen on the egcs-bugs list that someone else has 
reported a similar misbehaviour of cc1plus (November_1997::
"Memory leak with -O -Wall" by P.Schmid) on a i386-glibc1. 

This rings me bell !. 
In an earlier version of egcs, memory was not released during 
during the instatiation of templates and someone provided 
a patch against. This bug back may be in the current release !?
That my .002cents. Sorry that's all I can do; don't know 
about a compiler internals. 

Thanks.

Regards, Max


P.S. Mumit Khan noticed a difference between our testsuite results.
I have a typename5.C failure he didn't have with the current snapshot 
and I didn't have with the previous one. Is it related to the problem 
above ?