Re: libstdc++/82: problem opening a stream in binary mode

[Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>]

The following reply was made to PR libstdc++/82; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com>
To: wappenschmidt@digital-security.com
Cc: libstdc++-gnats@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: libstdc++/82: problem opening a stream in binary mode
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:36:51 -0400

 On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 04:25:41PM -0000, wappenschmidt@digital-security.com wrote:
 > >Release:        libstdc++.so.2.10.0
 > >Environment:
 > gcc 2.95.2 on linux and solaris
 
 2.95.2 shipped with the older libstdc++-v2 library.  This project (and
 bug reporting address) is for libstdc++-v3.
 
 
 > Opening a stream in binary mode doesn't work in this way:
 >     ifstream in("binary.dat", ios::binary);
 > You can't read any values with ifstream::get().
 > 
 > Opening the binary with
 >     ifstream in("binary.dat", ios::in|ios::binary);
 > does work correctly.
 
 Yep.  Just one of the many ways in which libstdc++-v2 is noncompliant with
 the standard.  This is already okay in -v3.
 
 
 Phil