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Re: [PATCH] Fix libstdc++/5708
Nathan Myers wrote:
> 2002-02-18 Paolo Carlini <pcarlini@unitus.it>:
> >
> > libstdc++/5708
> > * include/bits/locale_facets.tcc (money_put::do_put):
> > For the space field use __fill instead of ' ', uniformly.
> > * testsuite/22_locale/money_put_members_char.cc:
> > Add test05 distilled from PR.
> > (test01-02-03): Trim some '*' to ' '.
> > * testsuite/22_locale/money_put_members_wchar_t.cc: Ditto.
>
> I don't agree that we have license to assume "space" may be replaced with
> __fill in the output format. The subject has not (to my knowledge) been
> reported as a Defect to the committee. This change strikes me as a source
> of interoperability problems, as sensible as it might seem otherwise.
>
> What other implementation does it?
Metrowerks does it.
Otherwise, as I reported in my first message, a different implementation do not
output a "space" at all for the space field if !(internal formatting and len <
width).
Ciao, Paolo.