------- Comment #3 from tortoise_74 at yahoo dot co dot uk 2009-03-12 18:34 ------- I should point out (as it is not obvious to the uninitiated) that this may not be legal C++ as "A string literal cannot be used as a template argument". String literals have internal linkage. So string arguments can only be used if they are declared extern.
The bug might be that gcc is not outputting this message but instead an ICE or something about the ABI. However, a std::string is not the same as a char* so a language lawyer might be needed here. The bugs manifest as if the two are identical. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39444
