The following stripped down code shows pure virtual method definitions for both a normal base class and a templated base class. To my surprise, the templated class' body is not generated, leading to a "pure virtual method called" termination in my actual threaded code. Leaving out the "= 0" in the template generates the body TBase<int>::pvMethod() but is inacceptable due to not forcing implementation by the derived classes.
Regards, Björn A. Herwig Guntermann & Drunck GmbH Systementwicklung Dortmunder Str. 4a D-57234 Wilnsdorf - Germany --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Programming$ LC_ALL=C g++ -v -save-temps -O0 -Wall -o test test.cpp Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2 --program-suffix=-4.2 --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-targets=all --enable-checking=release --build=i486-linux-gnu --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.3 20071014 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-3) /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/cc1plus -E -quiet -v -D_GNU_SOURCE test.cpp -mtune=generic -Wall -O0 -fpch-preprocess -o test.ii ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/i486-linux-gnu" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/../../../../i486-linux-gnu/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/include/i486-linux-gnu" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/include/c++/4.2 /usr/include/c++/4.2/i486-linux-gnu /usr/include/c++/4.2/backward /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include /usr/include End of search list. /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/cc1plus -fpreprocessed test.ii -quiet -dumpbase test.cpp -mtune=generic -auxbase test -O0 -Wall -version -o test.s GNU C++ version 4.2.3 20071014 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-3) (i486-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.2.3 20071014 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-3). GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 Compiler executable checksum: c541ec01cc4b43709b709460c241205f as -V -Qy -o test.o test.s GNU assembler version 2.18 (i486-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.18 /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/collect2 --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_i386 --hash-style=both -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -o test /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/../../../../lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/../../../../lib/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/crtbegin.o -L/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/../../../../lib -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/../../.. test.o -lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lgcc -lc -lgcc_s -lgcc /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/crtend.o /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/../../../../lib/crtn.o [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Programming$ cat test.cpp class Base { public: virtual void pvMethod() = 0; }; void Base::pvMethod() { } class Derived : public Base { public: void pvMethod() { } }; template<class T> class TBase { public: virtual void pvMethod() = 0; }; template<class T> void TBase<T>::pvMethod() { } class TDerived : public TBase<int> { public: void pvMethod() { } }; int main(int argc, char** argv) { Derived d; TDerived td; return 0; } [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Programming$ cat test.ii # 1 "test.cpp" # 1 "<built-in>" # 1 "<command-line>" # 1 "test.cpp" class Base { public: virtual void pvMethod() = 0; }; void Base::pvMethod() { } class Derived : public Base { public: void pvMethod() { } }; template<class T> class TBase { public: virtual void pvMethod() = 0; }; template<class T> void TBase<T>::pvMethod() { } class TDerived : public TBase<int> { public: void pvMethod() { } }; int main(int argc, char** argv) { Derived d; TDerived td; return 0; } [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Programming$ objdump -t test | c++filt | grep ::pvMethod 08048506 w F .text 00000005 TDerived::pvMethod() 080484c4 g F .text 00000005 Base::pvMethod() 08048500 w F .text 00000005 Derived::pvMethod() -- Summary: Pure virtual method body omitted from template Product: gcc Version: 4.2.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: herwig at gdsys dot de http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33878