[patch] std::string::operator[] extension in debug mode

[Jonathan Wakely]

On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 08:04:31PM +0200, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:

> A question I have is why conditionalizing the extern template stuff on
> debug does not work.

Because the lib was not built with debug, so the extern template
instantiation (sans assertions) is always in the lib.  If you disable
extern templates your .o file includes an implicit instantiation (with
assertions).  When you link to the lib you get ODR.

jon

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