------- Comment #5 from reichelt at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-02-14 17:13 ------- Confirmed.
The ICE can be reduced to the following valid code snippet: ====================================== template<typename> struct A; template<> struct A<char> { static const char i = 1; }; template<typename T> struct B { static const int j = A<T>::i; static const int k = int(j); int x[k]; }; B<char> b; ====================================== bug.cc: In instantiation of 'const int B<char>::k': bug.cc:12: instantiated from 'B<char>' bug.cc:15: instantiated from here bug.cc:11: internal compiler error: in build_c_cast, at cp/typeck.c:5231 Please submit a full bug report, [etc.] This problem appeared with gcc 4.0.2, but does not show on the current 4.0 branch. The ICE probably got only papered over, since the following valid code is rejected now (it also caused an ICE that appeared in GCC 4.0.2): ====================================== template<typename> struct A { static const int i = 1; }; template<typename> struct B { static const int j = A<char>::i; static const int k = int(j); int x[k]; }; B<char> b; ====================================== bug.cc:13: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function bug.cc:13: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function This problem also exists on the 4.1 branch and mainline. Last, but not least, the following valid code snippet is rejected on the current 4.0 branch, as well as 4.1 branch and mainline: ====================================== template<typename> struct A { static const int i = 1; static const int j = i; static const int k = int(j); int x[k]; }; A<char> a; ====================================== Mark, would you consider this a showstopper for the 4.1 release? -- reichelt at gcc dot gnu dot org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mark at codesourcery dot | |com, reichelt at gcc dot gnu | |dot org Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Ever Confirmed|0 |1 Keywords| |ice-on-valid-code, | |monitored, rejects-valid Last reconfirmed|0000-00-00 00:00:00 |2006-02-14 17:13:05 date| | Summary|ICE |[4.0/4.1/4.2 regression] | |Trouble with static const | |data members in template | |classes Target Milestone|--- |4.0.3 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26266