c++/3628: "using std::rel_ops" blows up std::vector

[Joe Buck]

The following reply was made to PR libstdc++/3628; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.COM>
To: Richard.Kreckel@ginac.de
Cc: Gabriel.Dos-Reis@cmla.ens-cachan.fr (Gabriel Dos Reis),
        gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c++/3628: "using std::rel_ops" blows up std::vector
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 08:58:31 -0700 (PDT)

 > On 10 Jul 2001, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
 > [...]
 > >                                                          The mere fact
 > > that they were sequestred in a separate namespace should be an
 > > indication that they were a mistake.
 > [...]
 > >                          in this particular case, it is well known
 > > that they were a mistake.
 > 
 > Message understood.  Just one final question: Do you have any pointers
 > where I can read more about this "consensus" that they were a mistake?
 
 Probably not, because there is no such consensus.  I, for one, do not
 think that they are a mistake at all, especially since they are now
 segregated into the optional rel_ops namespace, and the software I develop
 tends to use them heavily.  This software runs smoothly on at least five
 different C++ compilers; only gcc-3.0 needs workarounds.