Re: c++/8778: ICE on illegal initialization of non-integral static in-class constant

[Volker Reichelt <reichelt@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>]

The following reply was made to PR c++/8778; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Volker Reichelt <reichelt@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
To: bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, sgunderson@bigfoot.com
Subject: Re: c++/8778: ICE on illegal initialization of non-integral static in-class constant
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 02:28:07 +0100

 Dear Wolfgang,
 
 I still don't agree with you ;-)
 
 On  2 Dec, Wolfgang Bangerth wrote:
 
 >> Initializing const arrays is usually supported by gcc.
 > 
 > True, but not as static member variables.
 
 You can really compile the following with gcc!!!
 
 ------------------------snip here----------------------
 template <int n> struct A
 {
     static const int i[] = { 1, 2 };       // works
 };
 
 ------------------------snip here----------------------
 
 Only with -pedantic you'll get a warning:
 
 test.cc:3: warning: ISO C++ forbids initialization of member constant `i'
 of non-integral type `const int[]'
 
 >> In fact, the code compiles if you just leave out the curly
 >> braces around the initializer.
 
 That refers to the original testcase. Just try it!
 
 Best regards,
 Volker