C++ Standard Library Issues List (Revision R46)

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Reference ISO/IEC IS 14882:1998(E)

This document is the Table of Contents for the Library Active Issues List, Library Defect Reports List, and Library Closed Issues List.

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Section 1 (1 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
571 New 1.2 [intro.refs] Update C90 references to C99? Yes

Section 3 (1 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
462 Open 3.6.3 [basic.start.term] Destroying objects with static storage duration No

Section 17 (6 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
385 Open 17 [library] Does call by value imply the CopyConstructible requirement? No
424 Open 17.3.1.1 [structure.summary] normative notes No
456 Open 17.4.1.2 [headers] Traditional C header files are overspecified No
422 Open 17.4.3.1 [reserved.names] explicit specializations of member functions of class templates Yes
611 New 17.4.3.6 [res.on.functions] Standard library templates and incomplete types Yes
529 Open 17.4.3.8 [res.on.required] The standard encourages redundant and confusing preconditions Yes

Section 18 (12 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
201 Open 18.2.1 [limits] Numeric limits terminology wrong Yes
559 Open 18.2.1 [limits] numeric_limits<const T> Yes
591 New 18.2.1.2 [numeric.limits.members] Misleading "built-in Yes
612 New 18.2.1.2 [numeric.limits.members] numeric_limits::is_modulo insufficently defined Yes
613 New 18.2.1.5 [numeric.special] max_digits10 missing from numeric_limits Yes
416 Open 18.2.2 [c.limits] definitions of XXX_MIN and XXX_MAX macros in climits Yes
593 New 18.3 [cstdint] __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS Yes
557 Open 18.3 [cstdint] TR1: div(_Longlong, _Longlong) vs div(intmax_t, intmax_t) Yes
553 New 18.3.1 [cstdint.syn] very minor editorial change intptr_t / uintptr_t Yes
206 Open 18.5.1.1 [new.delete.single] operator new(size_t, nothrow) may become unlinked to ordinary operator new if ordinary version replaced Yes
471 Open 18.6.1 [type.info] result of what() implementation-defined No
619 New 18.8 [support.runtime] Longjmp wording problem No

Section 19 (1 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
254 Open 19.1 [std.exceptions] Exception types in clause 19 are constructed from std::string Yes

Section 20 (19 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
594 New 20.1.4 [swappable] Disadvantages of defining Swappable in terms of CopyConstructible and Assignable Yes
560 New 20.1.6 [allocator.requirements] User-defined allocators without default constructor No
580 New 20.1.6 [allocator.requirements] unused allocator members No
258 Open 20.1.6 [allocator.requirements] Missing allocator requirement No
401 Open 20.1.6 [allocator.requirements] incorrect type casts in table 32 in lib.allocator.requirements Yes
431 Open 20.1.6 [allocator.requirements] Swapping containers with unequal allocators No
482 Open 20.2.2 [pairs] Swapping pairs Yes
522 Open 20.3 [tuple] Tuple doesn't define swap No
532 Open 20.3.1.5 [tuple.rel] Tuple comparison Yes
525 Open 20.4.5 [meta.unary] type traits definitions not clear Yes
590 New 20.4.9 [meta.req] Type traits implementation latitude should be removed for C++0x Yes
527 Open 20.5.10.1.3 [func.bind.bind] tr1::bind has lost its Throws clause Yes
610 New 20.5.14.2.1 [func.wrap.func.con] Suggested non-normative note for C++0x Yes
578 New 20.6.1.1 [allocator.members] purpose of hint to allocator::allocate() Yes
582 New 20.6.4.1 [uninitialized.copy] specialized algorithms and volatile storage Yes
463 Open 20.6.5 [auto.ptr] auto_ptr usability issues Yes
575 New 20.6.6.2.2 [util.smartptr.shared.dest] the specification of ~shared_ptr is MT-unfriendly, makes implementation assumptions Yes
545 Ready 20.6.6.2.2 [util.smartptr.shared.dest] When is a deleter deleted? Yes
542 Open 20.6.6.2.5 [util.smartptr.shared.obs] shared_ptr observers No

Section 21 (7 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
343 Open 21 [strings] Unspecified library header dependencies Yes
570 New 21.1 [char.traits] Request adding additional explicit specializations of char_traits No
614 New 21.3 [basic.string] std::string allocator requirements still inconsistent No
534 Review 21.3 [basic.string] Missing basic_string members Yes
466 Open 21.3.1 [string.require] basic_string ctor should prevent null pointer error No
586 New 21.3.8.9 [string.io] string inserter not a formatted function Yes
615 New 21.4 [c.strings] Inconsistencies in Section 21.4 No

Section 22 (11 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
502 Open 22.1.1.1.1 [locale.category] Proposition: Clarification of the interaction between a facet and an iterator Yes
585 New 22.2 [locale.categories] facet error reporting Yes
503 Open 22.2 [locale.categories] more on locales No
473 Open 22.2.1.1 [locale.ctype] underspecified ctype calls No
417 Open 22.2.1.1.2 [locale.ctype.virtuals] what does ctype::do_widen() return on failure No
616 New 22.2.1.2 [locale.ctype.byname] missing 'typename' in ctype_byname Yes
382 Open 22.2.1.4 [locale.codecvt] codecvt do_in/out result No
393 New 22.2.1.4.2 [locale.codecvt.virtuals] do_in/do_out operation on state unclear Yes
23 Open 22.2.2.1.2 [facet.num.get.virtuals] Num_get overflow result No
427 Open 22.2.2.1.2 [facet.num.get.virtuals] stage 2 and rationale of DR 221 No
459 Open 22.2.2.1.2 [facet.num.get.virtuals] Requirement for widening in stage 2 is overspecification Yes

Section 23 (14 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
470 Open 23 [containers] accessing containers from their elements' special functions Yes
492 Open 23 [containers] Invalid iterator arithmetic expressions Yes
589 New 23.1 [container.requirements] Requirements on iterators of member template functions of containers Yes
479 Open 23.1 [container.requirements] Container requirements and placement new No
536 Open 23.1 [container.requirements] Container iterator constructor and explicit convertibility No
526 Open 23.1.1 [sequence.reqmts] Is it undefined if a function in the standard changes in parameters? No
233 Open 23.1.2 [associative.reqmts] Insertion hints in associative containers Yes 192, 246
579 New 23.1.3 [unord.req] erase(iterator) for unordered containers should not return an iterator Yes
588 New 23.2.1 [array] requirements on zero sized tr1::arrays and other details No
617 New 23.2.1 [array] std::array is a sequence that doesn't satisfy the sequence requirements? No
96 Open 23.2.5 [vector] Vector<bool> is not a container No
396 Open 23.3.5.1 [bitset.cons] what are characters zero and one Yes
518 Open 23.4 [unord] Are insert and erase stable for unordered_multiset and unordered_multimap? No
528 Open 23.4 [unord] TR1: issue 6.19 vs 6.3.4.3/2 (and 6.3.4.5/2) Yes

Section 24 (7 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
408 Open 24.1 [iterator.requirements] Is vector<reverse_iterator<char*> > forbidden? No
446 Open 24.1 [iterator.requirements] Iterator equality between different containers No
484 Open 24.1.1 [input.iterators] Convertible to T No
485 Open 24.1.2 [output.iterators] output iterator insufficently constrained No
299 Open 24.1.4 [bidirectional.iterators] Incorrect return types for iterator dereference Yes
458 Open 24.1.5 [random.access.iterators] 24.1.5 contains unintented limitation for operator- Yes
561 New 24.4.2.6.5 [inserter] inserter overly generic Yes

Section 25 (7 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
290 Open 25.1.1 [alg.foreach] Requirements to for_each and its function object No
576 New 25.1.4 [alg.find.first.of] find_first_of is overconstrained Yes
488 Open 25.2.10 [alg.rotate] rotate throws away useful information Yes
552 New 25.2.11 [alg.random.shuffle] random_shuffle and its generator No
498 Open 25.2.12 [alg.partitions] Requirements for partition() and stable_partition() too strong Yes
556 Open 25.3 [alg.sorting] is Compare a BinaryPredicate? Yes
577 New 25.3.3.2 [upper.bound] upper_bound(first, last, ...) cannot return last Yes

Section 26 (19 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
595 New 26.3 [complex.numbers] TR1/C++0x: fabs(complex<T>) redundant / wrongly specified Yes
387 Open 26.3 [complex.numbers] std::complex over-encapsulated Yes
551 Review 26.3.11 [cmplxh] <ccomplex> Yes
547 New 26.4 [rand] division should be floating-point, not integer Yes
572 New 26.4 [rand] Oops, we gave 507 WP status Yes
546 New 26.4.1 [rand.req] _Longlong and _ULonglong are integer types No
515 Open 26.4.2 [rand.synopsis] Random number engine traits Yes
609 New 26.4.4.2 [rand.adapt.ibits] missing static const Yes
548 Open 26.4.6 [rand.device] May random_device block? No
607 New 26.4.7.1 [rand.util.seedseq] Concern about short seed vectors Yes
608 New 26.4.7.1 [rand.util.seedseq] Unclear seed_seq construction details Yes
430 Open 26.5.2.4 [valarray.sub] valarray subset operations No
618 New 26.5.2.7 [valarray.members] valarray::cshift() effects on empty array Yes
543 Ready 26.5.4 [class.slice] valarray slice default constructor Yes
539 Open 26.6.3 [partial.sum] partial_sum and adjacent_difference should mention requirements No
550 New 26.7 [c.math] What should the return type of pow(float,int) be? No
568 New 26.7 [c.math] log2 overloads missing Yes
583 New 26.7 [c.math] div() for unsigned integral types Yes
584 New 26.7 [c.math] missing int pow(int,int) functionality Yes

Section 27 (23 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
423 Open 27 [input.output] effects of negative streamsize in iostreams Yes
574 New 27.3 [iostream.objects] DR 369 Contradicts Text No
418 Open 27.4.2.1.6 [ios::Init] exceptions thrown during iostream cleanup No
573 New 27.4.3 [fpos] C++0x file positioning should handle modern file sizes No
255 Open 27.5.2 [streambuf] Why do basic_streambuf<>::pbump() and gbump() take an int? Yes
421 Open 27.5.2.1 [streambuf.cons] is basic_streambuf copy-constructible? Yes
565 New 27.5.2.4.5 [streambuf.virt.put] xsputn inefficient Yes
567 New 27.6 [iostream.format] streambuf inserter and extractor should be unformatted Yes
309 Open 27.6 [iostream.format] Does sentry catch exceptions? No
419 Open 27.6.1.1.2 [istream::sentry] istream extractors not setting failbit if eofbit is already set No
566 New 27.6.1.3 [istream.unformatted] array forms of unformatted input function undefined for zero-element arrays Yes
342 Open 27.6.1.3 [istream.unformatted] seek and eofbit Yes
531 Review 27.6.1.3 [istream.unformatted] array forms of unformatted input functions Yes
397 Open 27.6.2.3 [ostream::sentry] ostream::sentry dtor throws exceptions No
398 Open 27.6.2.3 [ostream::sentry] effects of end-of-file on unformatted input functions No
394 Open 27.6.2.5.1 [ostream.formatted.reqmts] behavior of formatted output on failure No
581 New 27.6.2.6 [ostream.unformatted] flush() not unformatted function Yes
562 New 27.7 [string.streams] stringbuf ctor inefficient Yes
563 New 27.7.1.3 [stringbuf.virtuals] stringbuf seeking from end Yes
564 New 27.7.1.3 [stringbuf.virtuals] stringbuf seekpos underspecified Yes
596 New 27.8.1.3 [filebuf.members] 27.8.1.3 Table 112 omits "a+" and "a+b" modes No
454 Open 27.8.1.3 [filebuf.members] basic_filebuf::open should accept wchar_t names Yes
592 New 27.8.1.7 [ifstream.members] Incorrect treatment of rdbuf()->close() return type Yes

Section 28 (2 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
523 Open 28 [re] regex case-insensitive character ranges are unimplementable as specified No
524 Open 28 [re] regex named character classes and case-insensitivity don't mix No

Section D (1 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
587 New D.7.2.1 [depr.istrstream.cons] iststream ctor missing description Yes

Section TRDecimal 3 (10 issues)

Issue Status Section Title Proposed Resolution Duplicates
602 Ready TRDecimal 3 [trdec.types] Decimal: "generic floating type" not defined. Yes
603 Ready TRDecimal 3 [trdec.types] Decimal: Trivially simplifying decimal classes. Yes
604 Review TRDecimal 3 [trdec.types] Decimal: Storing a reference to a facet unsafe. Yes
599 Ready TRDecimal 3.1 [trdec.types.encodings] Decimal: Say "octets" instead of "bytes." Yes
597 Open TRDecimal 3.2 [trdec.types.types] Decimal: The notion of 'promotion' cannot be emulated by user-defined types. No
606 Open TRDecimal 3.2 [trdec.types.types] Decimal: allow narrowing conversions Yes
598 Ready TRDecimal 3.2 [trdec.types.types] Decimal: Conversion to integral should truncate, not round. Yes
601 Ready TRDecimal 3.3 [trdec.types.limits] Decimal: numeric_limits typos Yes
605 Ready TRDecimal 3.4 [trdec.types.cdecfloat] Decimal: <decfloat.h> doesn't live here anymore. Yes
600 Ready TRDecimal 3.9 [trdec.types.cwchar] Decimal: Wrong parameters for wcstod* functions Yes