From: alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org
Subject: Re: Internal compiller error, please contact ...
To: vincent AT datmuc DOT dat DOT de (vincent)
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 21:08:22 +0000 (EDT)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> 
> Hi compilling the folowing program gcc crashes with an internal error.
> 
> --------------------------- snip snip -------------------------------
> 
> #include	<iostream.h>
> class A {
> 	static int a;
> };
> int A::a (1);
> --------------------------- snip snip -------------------------------
> 
> ciao vincent AT datmuc DOT dat DOT de

You could help things by reducing the problem to the minimum code fragment
necessary to produce the problem :) It took me less than 5 minutes to find
that the above is _really_ the culprit.

A bug report has been sent to bug-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu. The problem is not
djgpp related, since it occurs on GCC 2.4.3.1 on Linux.

A public service message:

Please folks: I am not averse to helping out; that's one of the
reasons I am on the net. BUT anything you can do to make solving your
problem easier for the people you have asked to solve it is really,
really appreciated.  This includes doing what I did above: reducing
the offending code to the smallest possible chunk that will make the
compiler barf. 

I will do my best to handle the bug report on this one. Any more problems,
let us all know, but please, spend a little time on your end to reduce the
time on our end. 

The preceding has not been intended as a flame, and should not be taken
as such. It is a request so that those of us who are able to, can help
others better. Thanks for your understanding.

cat flames >/dev/null

End of public service message.

Good luck to all.

-- 
J. Alan Eldridge (alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org)