https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87554
--- Comment #9 from Jason Merrill <jason at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Author: jason Date: Thu Apr 18 16:50:10 2019 New Revision: 270445 URL: https://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs?rev=270445&root=gcc&view=rev Log: PR c++/87554 - ICE with extern template and reference member. The removed code ended up setting DECL_INITIAL to the INIT_EXPR returned by split_nonconstant_init, which makes no sense. This code was added back in 1996, so any rationale is long lost. * decl.c (cp_finish_decl): Don't set DECL_INITIAL of external vars. Added: trunk/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/extern_template-5.C Modified: trunk/gcc/cp/ChangeLog trunk/gcc/cp/decl.c
