libstdc++/3720: Problems with num_get

[Joe Buck]

The following reply was made to PR libstdc++/3720; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.COM>
To: philip@codematters.co.uk (Philip Martin)
Cc: bkoz@redhat.com (Benjamin Kosnik),
	schmid@snake.iap.physik.tu-darmstadt.de (Peter Schmid),
	gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org,
	philip_martin@ntlworld.com, mark@codesourcery.com
Subject: Re: libstdc++/3720: Problems with num_get
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:11:27 -0800 (PST)

 Philip Martin writes:
  
 > Here's a simple patch (with no ABI change I believe) that avoids the
 > buffer overflow, it sets failbit intead.
 
 OK, I sent something very similar to gcc-patches, but it doesn't handle
 all the cases; your patch is better.