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Re: Implementation of libc functions in std::
> > * Bernd Strieder (strieder@student.uni-kl.de) [20000829 19:47]:
>
> The libstdc++-v3/bits/std_cmath header, I didn't look at before, is
> quite interesting, because it defines inline wrappers in namespace std,
> calling the corresponding functions in global namespace or compiler
> builtins. The same is done in std_cctype, std_complex, and std_cwctype,
> as is shown by:
[snip]
> Is there any hope that sometimes #include <cstd...> just creates names
> in std:: namespace and nothing in global namespace? AFAIK this is needed
> for standard compliance.
This should work when you configure gcc with --enable-cshadow-headers, but
this is not finished yet. You can read more about it in the libctdc++
mainling list archive. Quoting Benjamin Kosnik:
>The libstdc++-v3 header files are constructed in a more-funky-than-usual
>way because of an attempt (currently broken) to squester the C bits into
>some kind sanity for C++.
>
>Background details can be found on Nathan's web page:
>
>http://www.cantrip.org/cheaders.html
Best regards,
Artem.