Compiling the code class Class { public: Class(const unsigned maxLine);
private: static const unsigned MAX_LEN = 16; unsigned max; unsigned array[MAX_LEN]; }; Class::Class(const unsigned maxLine) :max((maxLine<MAX_LEN)?maxLine :MAX_LEN) { } with the command: g++ -Wall -O0 -fno-exceptions -c -o const-test.o const-test.cc leaves Class::MAX_LEN undefined: nm --demangle const-test.o U Class::MAX_LEN 00000028 T Class::Class(unsigned int) 00000000 T Class::Class(unsigned int) The compiler g++ -v Using built-in specs. Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/gcc-4.1.1/work/gcc-4.1.1/configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.1 --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/include --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1 --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/man --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/include/g++-v4 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --disable-altivec --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --with-system-zlib --disable-checking --disable-werror --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multilib --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libgcj --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1) Best regards Hans Buchmann -- Summary: Undefined static const Product: gcc Version: 4.1.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: hans dot buchmann at fhso dot ch GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30745