c++/3745: bug in basic_string.tcc

[Phil Edwards]

The following reply was made to PR c++/3745; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com>
To: alm@iis.fhg.de
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org, spz@iis.fhg.de
Subject: Re: c++/3745: bug in basic_string.tcc
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 19:32:16 -0400

 On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 09:04:42AM -0000, alm@iis.fhg.de wrote:
 > >Severity:       serious
 > >Description:
 > On line 630 of the basic_string.tcc file:
 >   __pos = std::min(__size - __n ,__pos);
 > 
 > should be:
 >  __pos = min(__size - __n ,__pos);
 > 
 > since the entire block is in the "namespace std {" scope.
 > This can lead to a compilation error.
 
 Perhaps I'm being dense, but I do not see how.  I have tried to make this
 function call fail to compile, but cannot.  Please give an example of such
 source code, showing why this is "serious".
 
 We could probably remove "std::" just to make it match with the rest of the
 file, but I would want to know why the qualifier is there in the first place.
 
 
 Thanks,
 Phil
 
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