http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52688
--- Comment #3 from Sarfaraz Nawaz <sir_nawaz959 at yahoo dot com> 2012-03-24 15:25:22 UTC --- (In reply to comment #2) > http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/VerboseDiagnostics#missing_static_const_definition Jonathan, that is a different case. A static (const or otherwise) member of a class needs a definition in order to take its address, but the bug I reported is not about static member of a class, rather it is about a static variable local to a function template. Interestingly as I said, this code compiles fine in gcc-4.5.1, but not in gcc-4.6.1. Also, if I do the same in a non-template function, it works fine, as expected.
