Richard Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 09:17:07PM -0400, Daniel Berlin wrote: > > 1. In require_complete_types_for_parms, in the C++ FE, reset DECL_SIZE > > to NULL before we call layout_decl on the parm and let layout_decl > > figure out what to do. > > This is what relayout_decl does. > > > 2. Add code in layout_decl to copy TYPE_SIZE/TYPE_SIZE_UNIT if the > > DECL_SIZE is integer_cst (0) > > Bad. > > > 3. Not call layout_decl on the template types until they are completed. > > Certainly an option; not doing extra work is good. > > 4. Make sure that template types are incomplete. That is, with > TYPE_SIZE/TYPE_SIZE_UNIT unset.
I think this makes a lot of sense considering the language semantics. (An alternative would be to make TYPE_SIZE an expression based on the template parameter, but that seems like a lot of work for very little gain.)