Behavior of the local class

[somenath]

I am not able to understand why the following program does not compile.
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

template <class T >
void Fun(T t)
{
static int i = t;

class Test {
public:
Test( int t1) {
cout<<"Value = "<<i<<endl;
}
};
Test tt(t);

}


int main(void)
{
Fun<int >(5);
return 0;

}
Whenever I try to compile the program I get the following error
g++ LocalClass.cpp
/tmp/ccfEKvyT.o:LocalClass.cpp.text+0x2b): undefined reference to `i'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status


But I am aware that local class can access the static local variable of enclosing function. The following program proves that as well.

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

void Fun(int t)
{
static int i=t;

class Test {
public:
Test( int t1) {
cout<<"Value = "<<i<<endl;
}
};
Test tt(t);

}

int main(void)
{
Fun(5);
return 0;

}
This code compile fine. Then what is going wrong with template version of the program?

 

[Victor Bazarov]

I am not able to understand why the following program does not compile.
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

template <class T >
void Fun(T t)
{
static int i = t;

class Test {
public:
Test( int t1) {
cout<<"Value = "<<i<<endl;
}
};
Test tt(t);

}


int main(void)
{
Fun<int >(5);
return 0;

}
Whenever I try to compile the program I get the following error
g++ LocalClass.cpp
/tmp/ccfEKvyT.o:LocalClass.cpp.text+0x2b): undefined reference to `i'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

You must be using a buggy version of the compiler/linker. It compiles
and links (and runs) just fine with VC++ 2012.

[..]

V

 

[Alf P. Steinbach]

I am not able to understand why the following program does not compile.
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

template <class T >
void Fun(T t)
{
static int i = t;

class Test {
public:
Test( int t1) {
cout<<"Value = "<<i<<endl;
}
};
Test tt(t);

}


int main(void)
{
Fun<int >(5);
return 0;

}
Whenever I try to compile the program I get the following error
g++ LocalClass.cpp
/tmp/ccfEKvyT.o:LocalClass.cpp.text+0x2b): undefined reference to `i'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

This is known g++ bug, already reported at

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52688

As a workaround you can pass the referenced static variable as an
argument, or maybe move it inside the class, or ...


Cheers & hth.,

- Alf

 

[K. Frank]

Hi somenath (and Alf and Victor)!

This is known g++ bug, already reported at
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52688
As a workaround you can pass the referenced static variable as an
argument, or maybe move it inside the class, or ...

Cheers & hth.,
- Alf

I tried this with my copy of g++.

For what it's worth, your code compiles and runs fine
when I compile it with a mingw-w64 version of g++:

C:\>g++ --version
g++ (rubenvb-4.8-stdthread) 4.8.1 20130324 (prerelease)


Happy New Year Hacking!


K. Frank