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GNU g++ 2.2.2 doesn't seem to like static members at all.  The following
compiles correctly with g++ 1.40.3, but when I compile it with g++ 2.2.2 (on
a SUN 4/470, OS 4.1.1), I get an undefined reference for the static member:

mathlab <Greg> g++ test.cc
ld: Undefined symbol 
   __7nothing$field 
collect: /usr/bin/ld returned 2 exit status


Here's the program:

#include <stream.h>

class nothing{ 
 private:
  static int field=0;
 public:
  inline message() {cout << "my field is " << field << "\n";}
  nothing() ; //constructor
  };

nothing::nothing()
{
  if (field) {
    cout << "field value " << field << " detected by the constructor\n";
    return;     
  }
  cout << "initialize the field (enter a non-zero value)\n";
  cin >> field;
}

main()
{
  cout << "initalize x\n";
  nothing x; //a call to the constructor
  cout << "initalize y\n";
  nothing y; //another call to the constructor

  cout << "check x: ";
  x.message();
  cout << "check y: ";
  y.message();
}

Suggestions?  Please respond via email (post if you want, too)

	Scott Sutherland
	scott@math.sunysb.edu
	Stony Brook Institute for Mathematical Sciences

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	Scott Sutherland
	scott@math.sunysb.edu
	Stony Brook Institute for Mathematical Sciences