c++/8327: g++ doesn't know value of static const member

c++/8327: g++ doesn't know value of static const member

[dv]

>Number:         8327
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       In definition of template static member value of static const member isn't known
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          rejects-legal
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Oct 23 15:26:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Detlef Vollmann
>Release:        3.3 20021020 (experimental)
>Organization:
vollmann engineering gmbh
>Environment:
System: Linux dwarf 2.4.3-XFS #7 Mon Aug 6 18:43:20 CEST 2001 i686 unknown
Architecture: i686

	
host: i686-pc-linux-gnu
build: i686-pc-linux-gnu
target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configured with: /pdsrc/gcc/cvs/gcc/configure --program-suffix=-test --prefix=/local/gcc-test --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --enable-languages=c,c++
>Description:
	If a template contains a static array, and the dimension
        of the array is defined by a const static member with initializer,
        and the dimension is used in the definition of the static array,
	g++ gives an error "conflicting types"; which probably means
	that the value of the dimension is lost.
>How-To-Repeat:
template <class T>
class X
{
  static const int a = 5;

  static T b[a];
};

template <class T> T X<T>::b[X::a];

>Fix:
	The dimension can be left out in the definition of the static member.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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