On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 9:49 PM Edward Diener <eldlistmailingz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The code, called test_predicate.cpp, simplified from a much more > elaborate implementation: > > template < typename T, T *d > class atmp { atmp() {} }; > > template < typename T > struct ast > { > static T avar; > static atmp<T,&avar> acst; > }; > > template < typename T > T ast<T>::avar; > template < typename T > atmp<T,&ast<T>::avar> ast<T>::acst; > > int main() > { > return 0; > } > > The command line compile flags for gcc-10.2: > > -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -Wno-unused-local-typedefs > -ftrack-macro-expansion=0 -Wno-unused-variable > -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1 -Wa,-mbig-obj -m64 -mthreads -O0 -fno-inline > -Wall -g -fvisibility=hidden -std=c++11 -c > > The result: > > test_predicate.cpp:10:47: error: conflicting declaration 'atmp<T, (& > ast<T>::avar)> ast<T>::acst' > 10 | template < typename T > atmp<T,&ast<T>::avar> ast<T>::acst; > | ^~~~~~ > test_predicate.cpp:6:26: note: previous declaration as 'atmp<T, (& > ast<T>::avar)> ast<T>::acst' > 6 | static atmp<T,&avar> acst; > | ^~~~ > > The same source compiled with clang-11.0 and VC++14.2 succeeds with no > error. > > Is this s bug in gcc ? If so, is there a known workaround ? Hmm, I'm not a language lawyer, and the error message does not seem to make sense, but what happens when you remove the offending line in your real program?