dec-2001 libstdc++ outstanding

[Paolo Carlini]

Loren James Rittle wrote:

>Both of these tests fail due to a variation of this straightforward
>construct:
>
>float x;
>std::istringstream iss([...]);
>iss >> x;
>VERIFY( iss.good() );
>
>Impossible to debug with gdb 4.18 on i386.  Flow control very hard to
>follow with gdb 4.18 on alpha.  Here is what I learned on alpha:
>std::istringstream::operation>>() fails since _M_streambuf_state was 4
>(_S_failbit).  I have no idea how that is possible, but that is what I
>saw.  Any clues from any of the above information? before I attempt to
>build mainline gdb in those environments.
>
Hi Loren,

Personally, I believe that in these days a CVS gdb is *really* needed in 
order to effectively debug C++ code...
Alternatively, have you tried debugging 
libstdc++-v3.0.95-gcc-3.0.3.tar.gz plugged in gcc3.0.3 ?

Cheers,
Paolo.