libstdc++-v3 3.4.4: fstream does not create a file on open

[Paolo Carlini]

Hi Francesco,

>Hi,
>when I try to connect a non existent file to an fstream object calling
>the open member function, the file is not created.
>
This is the behavior mandated by the standard: the default openmode for 
an fstream is "in | out", which is the same as "r+" in C. You can change 
it, use for example "out", or use an ofstream. Here and elsewhere, since 
we are talking about free software, I suggest having a look to the 
source code for fstream, there are rather extensive comments...

Paolo.