From: "Paul Derbyshire" <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: ld 2.8.1 does not remove duplicate template instantiations
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:51:19 GMT
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REPOST: some f*cker forged an article cancel!!!

Gnu ld 2.8.1, contrary to all the documentation, is not removing duplicate
template instantiations. In a project that uses rope<char> in two source files
it complains about multiple definitions. Worse, if I
use -fno-implicit-templates and add a source file that explicitly instantiates
rope<char>, I get complaints about undefined rope-related symbols.

I would like these bugs corrected:
1. The linker not performing as advertised. All linkers should always remove
    duplicate template instantiations and duplicate instantiated inline
methods.
2. G++ evidently not instantiating a template properly when you use the
    instantiation syntax described in the docs along
with -fno-implicit-templates.

I would also like any and all trigger-happy despammers, newsgroup vandals, or
people who feel the need to pretend gnu tools never have bugs, to refrain from
forging a cancel to this article this time.


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