Apparently, we are missing useful overloads (specializations, depending on the implementation details): for example, for std::lexicographical_compare on pointers to non-const char types; std::equal seems not optimized to exploit memcmp when possible. Probably, normal_iterators to containers of chars and co, could be also dealt with (similarly to std::copy).
-- Summary: Missing overloads (specializations) in stl_algobase.h Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P3 Component: libstdc++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: pcarlini at suse dot de http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30449