ERROR Using Named Return Values in C++

ERROR Using Named Return Values in C++

[Achim Hummel]

Hi,

I tried to using "named return values" together with templates
(extension to c++ language)
similar to the gcc user manual,  but the compiler crashed with a
internal compiler error in
the function expand_expr. Without templates everything works fine !

Is this a real error or just a wrong utilization of the code by myself?
If Yes, is (or will) there
be a workaround for that error ?

Thanks in advance,

    Achim

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expr.c:5450: Internal compiler error in function expand_expr

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programm data:
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template<class T>
class A {

  public:
    int method();
};

template<class T> int
A<T>::method()  return a;
{
    a = 3;
}

int
main()
{
    A<int> a;

    a.method();
}