[Bug c++/47952] [trans-mem] undefined reference to transaction clone

[rth at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47952

--- Comment #10 from Richard Henderson <rth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-03-09 
23:01:38 UTC ---
The remaining problem in the full glob2 test is


src/Unit.o: In function `transaction clone for Unit::~Unit()':
Unit.cpp:(.text._ZGTtN4UnitD2Ev[transaction clone for Unit::~Unit()]+0x2c):
undefined reference to `transaction clone for std::basic_string<char,
std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string()'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status


which really really doesn't exist.  No amount of marking this
function weak is going to work.

I suspect, but have not yet verified, that this is related to


  // Inhibit implicit instantiations for required instantiations,
  // which are defined via explicit instantiations elsewhere.
  // NB: This syntax is a GNU extension.
#if _GLIBCXX_EXTERN_TEMPLATE > 0
  extern template class basic_string<char>;


in that we're copying the "is extern" bit, which is not true for
the transactional clone.