$ g++-4.1 -v -c -W -Wall -pedantic --save-temps ice.check_classfn.cc Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,fortran,objc,obj-c++,ada,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-4.1-1.4.2.0/jre --enable-mpfr --with-tune=i686 --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.0 (Debian 4.1.0-1+b1) /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.0/cc1plus -E -quiet -v -D_GNU_SOURCE ice.bak.cc -mtune=i686 -W -Wall -pedantic -fpch-preprocess -o ice.bak.ii ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/i486-linux-gnu" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/include/i486-linux-gnu" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.0/../../../../include/c++/4.1.0 /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.0/../../../../include/c++/4.1.0/i486-linux-gnu /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.0/../../../../include/c++/4.1.0/backward /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.0/include /usr/include End of search list. /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.0/cc1plus -fpreprocessed ice.bak.ii -quiet -dumpbase ice.bak.cc -mtune=i686 -auxbase ice.bak -W -Wall -pedantic -version -o ice.bak.s GNU C++ version 4.1.0 (Debian 4.1.0-1+b1) (i486-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.1.0 (Debian 4.1.0-1+b1). GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 Compiler executable checksum: 5cea2708e3389929ecfbb4a4e1ff0f61 ice.bak.cc:30: internal compiler error: in check_classfn, at cp/decl2.c:607 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. For Debian GNU/Linux specific bug reporting instructions, see <URL:file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.1/README.Bugs>. Preprocessed source stored into /tmp/cc5yM1X4.out file, please attach this to your bugreport.
Release: g++-4.1 (GCC) 4.1.0 (Debian 4.1.0-1+b1) Environment: Linux warszawa 2.6.16.13-debian-etch-lrde-v6 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 3 15:48:47 CEST 2006 i686 GNU/Linux How-To-Repeat: Source is: template <typename T> struct empty { }; template <template <typename A> class B> class foo { }; template <template <typename A> class B> struct bar { template <typename T> void meth (T&); }; template < > template <template <typename A> class B> void bar<empty>::meth (foo<B>& f) { } Notes: The code compiles with g++-3.3 (GCC) 3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-13) and g++-3.4 (GCC) 3.4.6 (Debian 3.4.6-1) It also ICEs with g++-4.0 (GCC) 4.0.3 (Debian 4.0.3-1) It doesn't compile with Intel's compiler icpc (ICC) 9.0 20050430: $ icpc -c ice.check_classfn.cc ice.check_classfn.cc(30): error: declaration is incompatible with function template "void bar<B>::meth(T &) [with B=empty]" (declared at line 25) void bar<empty>::meth (foo<B>& f) ^ compilation aborted for ice.check_classfn.cc (code 2) Compilation finished, icpc returned 2 Although it compiles with g++-3.3 and 3.4 I doubt this code is valid. bar::meth is specialized in a weird manner and we didn't find whether this is allowed by the C++ standard. In particular, since bar::meth is templated with a simple template <typename T>, is it allowed to specialize it by requiring that T is itself templated? (which is what this code tries to do) By the way, if we remove bar::meth's argument, it won't ICE anymore and most compilers (g++ 2.95 3.3 3.4 4.0 4.1 and icpc 9.0) will agree on the fact that 'void bar<empty>::meth()' does not match any template declaration. -- Summary: ICE in check_classfn, at cp/decl2.c:607 Product: gcc Version: 4.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: benoit dot sigoure at lrde dot epita dot fr http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27568