I wrote a singleton template class just like boost does:
template <typename _T>
class Singleton
{
public :
static _T* Instance()
{
static _T obj;
return &obj;
}
protected :
Singleton() {}
private :
struct ObjectCreator
{
ObjectCreator()
{
Singleton<_T>::instance();
}
};
static ObjectCreator object_creator;
};
template <typename _T>
typename Singleton<_T>::ObjectCreator Singleton<_T>::object_creator;
And I wrote the main function to test it.
#include "Singleton.h"
class A : public Singleton <A>
{
public:
int a;
};
int main()
{
A::Instance()->a = 2;
}
I know I mistyped Instance in ObjectCreator
's constructor, the weird thing is I can compile it correctly by gcc-4.4.7, then I used clang-6.0, it hit me with the typo.
I guess gcc can do some optimization, because I did not do anything with ObjectCreator
, so it ignored the error code.
I have two questions:
- What should I do to make gcc report me that error (without changing my code), like add some compiler flag?
- If anyone has a more reliable explanation for this? Some official doc would do.
Ps: I am aware that boost would add a do_nothing
function in ObjectCreate
and call it from Singleton<_T>:: Instance()
to avoid this optimization.