c++/5168: wrong memory representation of special wchar_t char acters like "." (the registered trademark sign)

[Denkhaus, Volker]

The following reply was made to PR c++/5168; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Denkhaus, Volker" <Volker.Denkhaus@softwareag.com>
To: "'neil@gcc.gnu.org'" <neil@gcc.gnu.org>,
        "Denkhaus, Volker"
	 <Volker.Denkhaus@softwareag.com>,
        "Stuehlmeyer, Wolfgang"
	 <Wolfgang.Stuehlmeyer@softwareag.com>,
        "'Alex.Burggraf@softwareag-usa.com'" <Alex.Burggraf@softwareag-usa.com>,
        "'gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org'" <gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org>,
        "'gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org'"
	 <gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org>,
        "'nobody@gcc.gnu.org'" <nobody@gcc.gnu.org>,
        "'gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org'" <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>
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Subject: RE: c++/5168: wrong memory representation of special wchar_t char
	acters like "." (the registered trademark sign)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 11:48:45 +0100

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 Hi,
 
 I have submitted the code together with the problem subscription. I =
 don't
 know why it didn't work.
 
 So I attach it to this mail.
 
 regards,
 Volker Denkhaus
 
 
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 From: neil@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:neil@gcc.gnu.org]
 Sent: Freitag, 21. Dezember 2001 11:45
 To: Volker.Denkhaus@softwareag.com; =
 Wolfgang.Stuehlmeyer@softwareag.com;
 Alex.Burggraf@softwareag-usa.com; gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org;
 gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org; nobody@gcc.gnu.org
 Subject: Re: c++/5168: wrong memory representation of special wchar_t
 characters like "." (the registered trademark sign)
 
 
 Synopsis: wrong memory representation of special wchar_t characters =
 like "=AE"
 (the registered trademark sign)
 
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 State-Changed-By: neil
 State-Changed-When: Fri Dec 21 02:44:42 2001
 State-Changed-Why:
     Where is the code?  Please cc gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org with it;
     not me.
 
 http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=3Dview%20audit-trail&database=
 =3Dgcc&p
 r=3D5168
 
 
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 #include <iostream>
 
 using namespace std;
 
 // output should be the same for both writes, but it isn't
 // on ia64 compiled by gcc-3.0.2.
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     const wchar_t* p =3D L"=AE";
     cout << hex << *((long*)p) << endl;
 
     const wchar_t* d =3D L"\256";
     cout << hex << *((long*)d) << endl;
     return 0;
 }
 
 
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