Bug 4151 - egcs can't link when using a template function
Summary: egcs can't link when using a template function
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: egcs
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-07-22 00:06 UTC by Brian Gunney
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-09-01 03:36:15 UTC
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Description Brian Gunney 1999-07-22 00:06:26 UTC
Program provoking bug:

template < class lstype >
class X { friend void mod(X *r) {} };
template < class T >
void slam ( T *value )  { char *p; mod ( value ); }
int main( int argc, char **argv ) {
  X<double> x;
  slam( &x );
#if 0 // Changing this 0 to 1 has an effect on success of
linkage.
  mod( &x );
#endif
}

Compilation output:

g++ ec.cc
/tmp/ccoqLzDf.o: In function `void slam<X<double>
>(X<double> *)':
/tmp/ccoqLzDf.o(.void gnu.linkonce.t.slam<X<double>
>(X<double> *)+0xb): undefined reference to `void
mod<double>(X<double> *)'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Calling mod from main seems to cause the function to be
instantiated, but as is, mod is NOT being instantiated.

using egcs-1.1.2-12, egcs-c++-1.1.2-12, kernel-2.2.5-15

Brian

Comment 1 igmar 1999-07-22 10:44:59 UTC
Hmm. I had the same problem when using stringfunctions in normal C.
Turned out there where infact macro's. Solved it by putting the
function name beween ()'s.

Comment 2 Jim Kingdon 1999-07-26 21:15:59 UTC
Putting mod in parentheses has no effect, so the comment about
macros seems to be inapplicable to this test case.

Comment 3 Jim Kingdon 1999-09-01 03:36:59 UTC
I was able to reproduce this with the GCC (version egcs 1.1.2) which
ships with Red Hat 6.0.  If I use the latest GCC from
http://gcc.gnu.org/, the problem goes away.  Therefore, I conclude
that this is one of the many C++ fixes in the latest GCC.  So the
good news is that the fix exists.  The bad news is that upgrading to
that compiler involves recompiling all C++ libraries (e.g. stdc++)
due to changes in the C++ ABI.  Because of this compatibility
issue, Red Hat Linux will not be shipping with this newer compiler
for some time to come.


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