Tom H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks for your quick reply. My understanding of how g++ handles
> template instantiation in 3.4 agrees with the code example. From the
> manual (for both 3.4 and 4.0),the default compiler action is:
>
> "...the compiler emits template instances in each translation unit
> that uses them, and the linker collapses them together."
This is what is supposed to (and does) happen when your
explicit instantiation request *follows* the definition of
ATemplate<T>::GetValue() (as it does in my corrected example).
What is supposed to happen when the request *preceeds* the definition
is undefined.
> So, ATemplate.cpp will have int and float versions of member
> GetValue.
Not necessarily, and does not (with g++ 4.x).
> The header file ATemplateInst.h (which mimics the real
> system even if it isn't needed in this example) forces the
> instantiations.
No it does not (with g++ 4.x).
> Looking at the symbols in the .o files shows that 4.0 is not
> generating instances of GetValue:
And I explained to you *why* it doesn't.
> Clearly the behavior of 4.0 in regards to template instantiation has
> changed from version 3.4.x.
Yes.
> So which version is "correct"?
Both are. Results of what you are doing are undefined, so either
outcome is "correct".
> Is it
> possible to force 4.0 to revert its actions to that of 3.4?
There may be (a combination of) flags that force g++ 4.0 to do what
g++ 3.x does. If you do find such a combination, you are only
postponing the problem (the flags may not work with g++ 4.1 or 4.2).
Why don't you simply fix the problem. If you insist on having the
requests in a separate ATemplateInst.h, simply '#include' it *after*
you have provided the template function bodies:
$ cat ATemplate.cpp
#include "ATemplate.h"
template <class T> T ATemplate<T>::GetValue () const { return n; }
#include "ATemplateInst.h"
You'll need to put proper "multiple include guards" into ATemplate.h
for the above to work.
Cheers,
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