------- Additional Comments From bangerth at dealii dot org 2005-04-18 20:16 ------- This code has at least two bugs: template class MyType<Sample>; template <> std::map<char*,char*> MyType<Sample>::m_map; First, the instantiation must come *after* the definition of the static member. Second, the definition you thought you have written is in fact only the declaration of an explicit specialization of that member. It needs an initializer. You need to write template <> std::map<char*,char*> MyType<Sample>::m_map = std::map<char*,char*>(); W.
-- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17445
