Is it legal C++ to pass the address of a static const int with no definition to a template?

Question

I\'m having trouble deciding whether not this code should compile or if just both compilers I tried have a bug (GCC 4.2 and Sun Studio 12). In general, if you have a static

Answer 1

I could see how one might expect this to compile anyway.

The address of a static const isn't really a runtime value and can be fully resolved at link time.