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Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 12 Sep 2004 13:38:15 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 12 06:38:15 2004 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.184] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1C6UYY-0008Fn-00; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 06:38:15 -0700 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (c220-237-16-232.belrs1.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.237.16.232]) by mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i8CDcCT3024001; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 23:38:12 +1000 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: George Ogata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: g++-3.4: ostreams misbehaving when used as temporaries X-Mailer: reportbug 2.64 Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 23:03:16 +1000 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_PACKAGE autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 X-Spam-Level: Package: g++-3.4 Version: 3.4.2-2 Severity: normal This code: ---------------------------------------- #include <sstream> #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << static_cast<std::ostringstream &>(std::ostringstream() << 'a' << "a").str() << std::endl; std::cout << static_cast<std::ostringstream &>(std::ostringstream() << "a" << "a").str() << std::endl; } ---------------------------------------- .... prints under g++-3.3 and g++-3.4: 97a 0x804b6e0a I expected: aa aa (I get the expected behaviour with g++-2.95.) Similar behaviour is exhibited if an ofstream is used in place of an ostringstream: ---------------------------------------- #include <fstream> #include <iostream> int main() { std::ofstream("one") << 'a' << "a" << std::endl; std::ofstream("two") << "a" << "a" << std::endl; } ---------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ cat one two 97a 0x8048b98a It seems that if the first thing given to the ostream is a: -- char literal ('a'), the compiler treats it as an int (97) -- string literal ("a"), the compiler treats it as a void * (0x804b6e0a). -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.0 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages g++-3.4 depends on: ii gcc-3.4 3.4.2-2 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-3.4-base 3.4.2-2 The GNU Compiler Collection (base ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libstdc++6-dev 3.4.2-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (d -- no debconf information --------------------------------------- Received: (at 271300-done) by bugs.debian.org; 26 Sep 2004 18:46:56 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 26 11:46:55 2004 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.17.13] (root) by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1CBe2x-0003y8-00; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 11:46:55 -0700 Received: from mailhost.cs.tu-berlin.de ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [130.149.17.13]) by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.9.3p2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA10740; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:46:49 +0200 (MEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.cs.tu-berlin.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3126EF217; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:46:49 +0200 (MEST) Received: from mailhost.cs.tu-berlin.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bueno [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10224) with ESMTP id 03387-43; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:46:48 +0200 (MEST) Received: from bolero.cs.tu-berlin.de (bolero.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.19.1]) by mailhost.cs.tu-berlin.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:46:48 +0200 (MEST) Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by bolero.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.8/Submit) id i8QIkmG3024597; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:46:48 +0200 (MEST) From: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:46:47 +0200 To: George Ogata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#271300: Not a bug -- sorry. In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: VM 7.03 under 21.4 (patch 6) "Common Lisp" XEmacs Lucid X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at cs.tu-berlin.de Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_01,HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 X-Spam-Level: George Ogata writes: > Apologies for the false alarm. This truly fascinating "feature" of > C++ is explained at: > > http://tinyurl.com/5k5uo