http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52688
jared.cantwell at gmail dot com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jared.cantwell at gmail dot | |com --- Comment #8 from jared.cantwell at gmail dot com 2013-03-01 19:53:56 UTC --- I just came across the same issue in the context of lambdas (for posterity, since I spent time thinking this was specific to lambdas). Consider the following source code: --------------------------------------------------- template<typename T> void Foo() { static int i = 5; auto bar = [&]() { ++i; }; bar(); } int main() { Foo<int>(); } --------------------------------------------------- GCC 4.7.0 produces the following error: # g++-4.7 -std=c++11 main.cpp /tmp/ccbZwBzT.o: In function `void Foo<int>()::{lambda()#1}::operator()() const': main.cpp:(.text+0x1a): undefined reference to `i' main.cpp:(.text+0x23): undefined reference to `i' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status However, when Foo is not a template there is no error.