------- Additional Comments From fw at deneb dot enyo dot de 2005-08-05 21:43 ------- (In reply to comment #5) > (In reply to comment #4) > > > What about permitting this as a GNU extension? It seems quite useful for > > template code. > > With "this" you mean omitting the definition? Well, it saves one line of > typing, but I'm not really convinced that justifies an extension.
I (incorrectly) feared that GCC would emit the constant for each template instantiation. Therefore, I agree with you that no extension is necessary, and the bug report was completely invalid. Sorry about that. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23147
