Access of a local class in a template function to a static variable
Hi,
I have the following code which compiles and runs fine on GCC 4.3.2:
//--------------------------------------------------------
struct A {virtual int getnum()=0;};
A* func(int numin) {
static int num;
num=numin;
struct B : public A {
int getnum(){
delete this;
return num;
}
};
return new B();
}
int main() {
func(3)->getnum();
return 0;
}
//--------------------------------------------------------
But when I do the same thing with a templated type instead of 'int',
the code compiles but I get a link error:
//--------------------------------------------------------
template<typename T>
struct A {virtual T getnum()=0;};
template<typename T>
A<T>* func(T numin) {
static T num;
num=numin;
struct B : public A<T> {
T getnum(){
delete this;
return num; // <----- link error: undefined reference
to 'num'
}
};
return new B();
}
int main() {
func(3)->getnum();
return 0;
}
//--------------------------------------------------------
Is this a compiler bug, or is this actually not supposed to work with
templates?
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Pretty soon the woman burst out again:
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