BHARAT JOSHI wrote:
The bounds checking/exceptions in bitset does not seem to work. I used
gcc 3.4.2 on a FC3 system and also gcc 4.0.0 on a FC4.
this snippet compiles (and runs) with no warnings with -W and -Wall
options enabled.
bitset<9> n;
n[15]=1; //works
for (i=0 to 20) printf ("%d\n", int(n[i])); //all 0's excepet in 15th
postition
Maybe your doubt stems from expections pre-DR 11. In the current
standard, C++03, operator[] does *not* throw and requires a valid
position (user responsability). See 23.3.5.2/46-47, 49-50.