It is surprisingly difficult to work around this without an obj file.. a function template friend get/set with static local might work.

template <class T1> struct A {
static int val;
}

template <class T1> int A<T1>::val = 0;

int main() {
}
// Internal error: init 1864

Richard

Oops, wrong source file.. the code example I gave works just fine.

Richard

In article <b3ntf5$2qhd$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Richard Grant says...
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>Oops, wrong source file.. the code example I gave works just fine.

But this one does not. This is an example of a static data member initialized via a conversion c'tor.

struct B {
B(const char* c) { }
};

template <class T1> class A {
static B val;
};

template <class T1> B A<T1>::val = "test";

int main() {
A<int> a;
}
// Internal error: init 1864

If the template class is changed to a non template class, the example compiles. This can be worked around by making the static a char* and performing the conversion to a temporary when needed.

Richard