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Consider the following simple program:
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				// Chapter 9 - Program 6
#include <ostream.h>

template<class ANY_TYPE>
ANY_TYPE maximum(ANY_TYPE a, ANY_TYPE b)
{
   return (a > b) ? a : b;
}

int
main (void) {
   int x = 12;
   int y = -7;
   float z = 3.1415;
   char ch = 'A';

   cout << maximum(x, y) << endl;
   cout << maximum(-34, y) << endl;
   cout << maximum(z, float(y)) << endl;
   cout << maximum(z, float(x)) << endl;
   cout << maximum(ch, 'X') << endl;
}


// Result of execution

//       12
//       -7
//    3.141
//   12.000
// X
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This compiles and runs fine with gcc-2.2.2.
With gcc-2.3.3 this generates the following errors:

~rdps/bin/g++ -v -save-temps templat1.C -o tt
...... cpp stuff omitted
 /home/nlr/rdps/lib/gcc-lib/mips-sysv/2.3.3/cc1plus templat1.i -quiet -dumpbase templat1.cc -version -o templat1.s
GNU C++ version 2.3.3 [AL 1.1, MM 33] RISC-OS System V Mips compiled by GNU C version 2.3.3.
 as -nocpp -EB -v -o templat1.o templat1.s
/usr/lib/cmplrs/cc/as0 -v -G 8 -EB -g0 -O1 templat1.s -o /tmp/hogend/ctmaa27274 -t /tmp/hogend/ctmsta27274 
as0: main maximum maximum 
as0: Error: templat1.C, line 6: .ent must precede the definition of the symbol maximum
as0: Error: templat1.C, line 6: Conflicting definition of symbol maximum
maximum 
as0: Error: templat1.C, line 6: .ent must precede the definition of the symbol maximum
as0: Error: templat1.C, line 6: Conflicting definition of symbol maximum

0.02u 0.12s 0:00.7 20%

Upon examination of the .s files for gcc-2.2.2 and gcc-2.3.3, it appears
that gcc-2.2.2 generates three entrypoints: maximum__Fff, maximum__Fii and
maximum__Fcc, whereas gcc-2.3.3 generates three times: maximum, which is
obviously an error.