Re: std_sstream.h - patch

[Jason Merrill <jason@cygnus.com>]

>>>>> Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@cygnus.com> writes:

 >> The attached patch contains two optimizations for basic_stringbuf<>:
 >> 
 >> 1. In the default constructor I changed _M_str(__string_type()) to
 >> _M_str().
 >> 
 >> 2. In setbuf I changed the return value type and I removed the
 >> temporary __string_type object. Now if the new buffer length is smaller
 >> than the old one no reallocation is necessary.

 > I checked this in, thanks. I saved the dynamic_cast: it does not harm the 
 > generated code, is legal c++, and clarifies that a conversion from derived
 > to base is happening.

I would think that should be a static_cast, then.

Jason