Strange bug: dmd crash

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Amaury Pouly" <amaury.pouly at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:en9dts$1qf0$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
> Hi,
> I'm not sure it's the right place to say it but I found a strange
> configuration where dmd(on windows XP) crashes.
> Here is the code:
> [test.d]
> import test2;
>
> abstract class UpperClass
> {
> }
>
> [test2.d]
> import test;
>
> abstract class MiddleClass : UpperClass
> {
> }
>
> class Generic(T) : MiddleClass
> {
> T m_value=0;
> }
>
> alias Generic!(byte) GenericByte;
>
> If I compile with:
> dmd test.d test2.d
> Then it crashes.
> Some important facts about this "bug":
> -if everything is coded is one file, dmd compiles well
> -if I import test2 AFTER the declaration of UpperClass and NOT BEFORE,
>  dmd compiles well
> -if I remove "alias Generic!(byte) GenericByte;", dmd compiles well
> -if I change "T m_value=0;" to "T m_value;", dmd compiles well
> -if MiddleClass does not inherite from UpperClass or Generic inherite from
> MiddleClass, dmd compiles well
> When I say it compiles well of course, I mean without crashing :)
> I'm using dmd v0.177

First, try it with 0.178 and see if it goes away.

If that doesn't fix it, try posting this on Bugzilla: 
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/  You might also try searching it to see if 
the bug has already been posted.