Hi Thomas, Hmmm, unusual situation (for me). Using... http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout/ I tend to trust (EDG's front end) Comeau C++'s error message (strict mode, -tused) on this one. How to unravel this riddle, I'm not sure. Sorry. --Eljay - - - - - struct A { const A* a; }; template <const char* c> struct B { static const A b; }; extern const char c[1]=""; extern const char d[1]=""; template<> const A B<c>::b = { &B<d>::b }; template<> const A B<d>::b = // Line 21 { &B<c>::b }; - - - - - Comeau C/C++ 4.3.3 (Aug 6 2003 15:13:37) for ONLINE_EVALUATION_BETA1 Copyright 1988-2003 Comeau Computing. All rights reserved. MODE:strict errors C++ "ComeauTest.c", line 21: error: explicit specialization of member "B<c>::b [with c=d]" must precede its first use const A B<d>::b = ^ "ComeauTest.c", line 24: warning: parsing restarts here after previous syntax error }; ^ 1 error detected in the compilation of "ComeauTest.c".
