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
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: gcc
Version: 7.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jakub Jelinek
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Reported: 2003-01-30 04:14 UTC by Michael Furman
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-02-01 16:01:46 UTC

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Description Michael Furman 2003-01-30 04:14:40 UTC 
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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

Additional info:
Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2003-02-01 16:01:46 UTC 
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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