Bug 83087 – C++ STL "string" does not compile in 2.96-112.7.2.i386 version

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Bug 83087 - C++ STL "string" does not compile in 2.96-112.7.2.i386 version

Summary:	C++ STL "string" does not compile in 2.96-112.7.2.i386 version

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	gcc (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Jakub Jelinek
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Reported:	2003-01-29 23:14 EST by Michael Furman
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:50 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-02-01 11:01:46 EST
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Description Michael Furman 2003-01-29 23:14:40 EST

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Description of problem:
I insatalled gcc/g++ RPM 2.96-112.7.2.i386 and found that file
"g++-3/std/bastring.h" has error in the line # 343 in the 
statement "if(length() == 0) return "";" : if the string template
is instantiated with the differen then "char" base type (in my case
it was wide character) compilation fail ("" is a pointer to char and
it cannot be used/casted as/to pointer to the different type).



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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Define a string of wide characters;
2.call method "c_str()"

    

Actual Results:  Compilation error

Expected Results:  no error

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Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2003-02-01 11:01:46 EST

libstdc++ before the rewrite which showed up in GCC 3.0 doesn't support wide
chars (with the exception of the latest RHAS version).

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