PR c++/8153

	PR c++/8036
	* NEWS: Document removal of in-class initialization extension for
	static data members of non-arithmetic, non-enumeration type.
	* decl.c (check_static_variable_definition): Do not allow that
	extension.
	* decl2.c (grokfield): Do not call digest_init when processing
	templates.

	PR c++/8153
	PR c++/8036
	* g++.dg/template/static1.C: New test.
	* g++.dg/template/static2.C: New test.
	* g++.old-deja/g++.ext/memconst.C: New test.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@59980 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4

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diff --git a/gcc/cp/NEWS b/gcc/cp/NEWS
index 85642b587d9..36720c60443 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/NEWS
+++ b/gcc/cp/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,28 @@
 
 * The "new X = 3" extension has been removed; you must now use "new X(3)".
 
+* G++ no longer allows in-class initializations of static data members
+  that do not have arithmetic or enumeration type.  For example:
+
+    struct S { 
+      static const char* const p = "abc";
+    };
+
+  is no longer accepted.  
+
+  Use the standards-conformant form:
+
+    struct S { 
+      static const char* const p;
+    };
+
+    const char* const S::p = "abc";
+
+  instead.
+
+  (ISO C++ is even stricter; it does not allow in-class
+  initializations of floating-point types.)
+
 *** Changes in GCC 3.1:
 
 * -fhonor-std and -fno-honor-std have been removed. -fno-honor-std was