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[Bug libstdc++/51749] Including <algorithm> pollutes global namespace
- From: "paolo.carlini at oracle dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:38:59 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libstdc++/51749] Including <algorithm> pollutes global namespace
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- References: <bug-51749-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51749
--- Comment #15 from Paolo Carlini <paolo.carlini at oracle dot com> 2012-01-29 10:38:59 UTC ---
This one is evidently due to the reference-counted nature of our string class,
and is also very, very old. It will go away automagically when we'll move to
no-reference-counting for C++11 (like the current ext/vstring.h). Really, I
only want to add that these issue are well known.