bastring.h -- compare

[Koos Vriezen]

Hi,


Is there any progress in making string::compare compatible with the C++
working paper?

> FYI, there's an inconsistency between the definitions of
> bastring compare in egcs 1.0 and in the November 96 working paper:

> >From egcs:
>
>  int compare (const basic_string& str, size_type pos = 0, size_type n =
npos) const;
>   // There is no 'strncmp' equivalent for charT pointers.
>   int compare (const charT* s, size_type pos, size_type n) const;
>   int compare (const charT* s, size_type pos = 0) const
>     { return compare (s, pos, traits::length (s)); }

> >From the working paper:
>
>   int compare(const basic_string& str) const;
>   int compare(size_type pos1, size_type n1,
>               const basic_string& str) const;
>   int compare(size_type pos1, size_type n1,
>               const basic_string& str,
>               size_type pos2, size_type n2) const;
>    int compare(const charT* s) const;
>   int compare(size_type pos1, size_type n1,
>              const charT* s, size_type n2 = npos) const;
> 
> Bob Sidebotham

Cheers Koos Vriezen