c++/3797: gcc 3.0 fails to emit explicit specialization of a template member

[sebor@roguewave.com]

>Number:         3797
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       gcc 3.0 fails to emit explicit specialization of a template member
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 24 11:36:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     sebor@roguewave.com
>Release:        gcc version 3.0
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:
Declaring the explicit specialization of the member of the
class template causes the compiler to 'forget' to emit the
out-of-line symbol for the explicit specialization defined
later.

$ cat t.cpp
template <class T>
struct S
{
    int foo () { return 0; }
};

template <>
int S<int>::foo ();

template <>
int S<int>::foo () { return 1; }
$ g++ -c -v t.cpp   
Reading specs from /usr/local/gcc-3.0/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.0/specs
Configured with: ../gcc-3.0/configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc-3.0 --enable-shared
Thread model: single
gcc version 3.0
 /usr/local/gcc-3.0/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.0/cc1plus -v -D__GNUC__=3 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=0 -D__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__=0 -D__ELF__ -Dunix -Dlinux -D__ELF__ -D__unix__ -D__linux__ -D__unix -D__linux -Asystem=posix -D__NO_INLINE__ -D__STDC_HOSTED__=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE -Acpu=i386 -Amachine=i386 -Di386 -D__i386 -D__i386__ -D__tune_i686__ -D__tune_pentiumpro__ t.cpp -D__GNUG__=3 -D__GXX_DEPRECATED -D__EXCEPTIONS -D__GXX_ABI_VERSION=100 -quiet -dumpbase t.cpp -version -o /tmp/ccoYegSb.s
GNU CPP version 3.0 (cpplib) (i386 Linux/ELF)
GNU C++ version 3.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
        compiled by GNU C version 2.95.2 19991024 (release).
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/gcc-3.0/i686-pc-linux-gnu/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/local/gcc-3.0/include/g++-v3
 /usr/local/gcc-3.0/include/g++-v3/i686-pc-linux-gnu
 /usr/local/gcc-3.0/include/g++-v3/backward
 /usr/local/gcc-3.0/include
 /usr/local/gcc-3.0/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.0/include
 /usr/include
End of search list.
 as --traditional-format -V -Qy -o t.o /tmp/ccoYegSb.s
GNU assembler version 2.9.1 (i386-redhat-linux), using BFD version 2.9.1.0.23
$ nm t.o
$
>How-To-Repeat:
template <class T>
struct S
{
    int foo () { return 0; }
};

template <>
int S<int>::foo ();

template <>
int S<int>::foo () { return 1; }
>Fix:
Omit the declaration of the specialization or the definition
of the member of the primary template (neither is acceptable
if the specialization is to exist in a portable library).
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: