------- Comment #2 from shriram_vishwanathan at persistent dot co dot in 2005-10-11 18:54 ------- Wow, that was fast! What about this code? I am using g++ 4.0.1, and it compiles without any error.
--------------- // The base template. template <class T> struct A { int select() { return 0; } }; //Extra "template<>" template <> template <class T> struct A<T*> { int select() { return 1; } }; int main() { return A<int*>().select(); } --------------- Compiler and Environment Details: ================================= $ gcc -v -save-temps A.cpp Using built-in specs. Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-4.0.1/configure --prefix=/usr/local Thread model: posix gcc version 4.0.1 /usr/local/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/cc1plus -E -quiet -v -iprefix /usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/ -D_GNU_SOURCE A.cpp -mtune=pentiumpro -fpch-preprocess -o A.ii ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/include" ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../include/c++/4.0.1" ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../include/c++/4.0.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu" ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../include/c++/4.0.1/backward" ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/include" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../include/c++/4.0.1 /usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../include/c++/4.0.1/i686-pc-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../../../include/c++/4.0.1/backward /usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/include /usr/local/include /usr/include End of search list. /usr/local/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/cc1plus -fpreprocessed A.ii -quiet -dumpbase A.cpp -mtune=pentiumpro -auxbase A -version -o A.s GNU C++ version 4.0.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 3.3.2. GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 as -V -Qy -o A.o A.s GNU assembler version 2.14.90.0.4 (i386-redhat-linux) using BFD version 2.14.90.0.4 20030523 /usr/local/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/collect2 --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o /usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/crtbegin.o -L/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1 -L/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc -L/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1 -L/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../.. -L/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/../../.. A.o -lgcc -lgcc_eh -lc -lgcc -lgcc_eh /usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.1/crtend.o /usr/lib/crtn.o -- shriram_vishwanathan at persistent dot co dot in changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |UNCONFIRMED Resolution|FIXED | Version|3.3.6 |4.0.1 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24314