This is the offending code, which gets compiled successfully.
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// The base template.
template <class T>
struct A
{
int select() { return 0; }
};
//Extra "template<>"
template <>
template <>
template <>
template <>
template <>
template <>
template <>
template <>
template <>
template <>
template <>
template <class T>
struct A<T*>
{
int select() { return 1; }
};
int main()
{
return A<int*>().select();
}
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Compiler and Environment Details:
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Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/specs
Configured with: ./configure
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3.2
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/cc1plus -E -D__GNUG__=3 -quiet
-v -D__GNUC__=3 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=3 -D__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__=2 -D_GNU_SOURCE A.cpp
A.ii
ignoring nonexistent directory "NONE/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
/usr/local/include/c++/3.3.2
/usr/local/include/c++/3.3.2/i686-pc-linux-gnu
/usr/local/include/c++/3.3.2/backward
/usr/local/include
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/include
/usr/include
End of search list.
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/cc1plus -fpreprocessed A.ii
-quiet -dumpbase A.cpp -auxbase A -version -o A.s
GNU C++ version 3.3.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
compiled by GNU C version 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-20).
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=98 --param ggc-min-heapsize=128606
as -V -Qy -o A.o A.s
GNU assembler version 2.14.90.0.4 (i386-redhat-linux) using BFD version
2.14.90.0.4 20030523
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/collect2 --eh-frame-hdr -m
elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/crtbegin.o
-L/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2
-L/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/../../.. A.o -lstdc++ -lm
-lgcc_s -lgcc -lc -lgcc_s -lgcc
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/crtend.o /usr/lib/crtn.o
--
Summary: Extra "template<>" in partial specialization is compiled
successfuly.
Product: gcc
Version: unknown
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P4
Component: c++
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: shriram_vishwanathan at persistent dot co dot in
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24314
