C++ Standard Library Issues List (Revision 15)

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Reference ISO/IEC IS 14882:1998(E)

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DR (91 issues)

Issue Section Title
1 17.4.2.2 C library linkage editing oversight
2 20.4.5.3 Auto_ptr conversions effects incorrect
4 21.3 Basic_string size_type and difference_type should be implementation defined
5 21.3.6.8 String::compare specification questionable
7 21 String clause minor problems
11 23.3.5 Bitset minor problems
13 27.6.1.2.3 Eos refuses to die
14 22.1.1.3 Locale::combine should be const
15 22.1.1.3 Locale::name requirement inconsistent
16 22.2.1.4 Bad ctype_byname<char> decl
17 22.2.2.1.2 Bad bool parsing
18 22.2.2.1.1 Get(...bool&) omitted
20 22.2.3.1.2 Thousands_sep returns wrong type
21 22.1.1.1.1 Codecvt_byname<> instantiations
22 27.8.1.7 Member open vs. flags
23 22.2.2.1.2 Num_get overflow result
24 22.2.1.5.2 "do_convert" doesn't exist
25 21.3.7.9 String operator<< uses width() value wrong
27 21.3.5.5 String::erase(range) yields wrong iterator
28 22.2.1.3.2 Ctype<char>is ambiguous
29 27.3.1 Ios_base::init doesn't exist
30 22.1.1.1.1 Wrong header for LC_*
32 27.5.2.4.4 Pbackfail description inconsistent
33 22.2.1.5.2 Codecvt<> mentions from_type
34 22.2.2.2.2 True/falsename() not in ctype<>
35 27.4 No manipulator unitbuf in synopsis
36 27.4.2.5 Iword & pword storage lifetime omitted
37 22.1.1 Leftover "global" reference
38 22.1.2 Facet definition incomplete
39 24.5.3.4 istreambuf_iterator<>::operator++(int) definition garbled
40 22.2.8 Meaningless normative paragraph in examples
41 27.4.2 Ios_base needs clear(), exceptions()
42 21.3 String ctors specify wrong default allocator
46 D.7 Minor Annex D errors
47 27.4.2.3 Imbue() and getloc() Returns clauses swapped
48 27.4.2.1.1 Use of non-existent exception constructor
50 27.4.2 Copy constructor and assignment operator of ios_base
51 23.1 Requirement to not invalidate iterators missing
52 27.4.3.2 Small I/O problems
53 27.4.4.1 Basic_ios destructor unspecified
54 27.5.2.1 Basic_streambuf's destructor
55 27 Invalid stream position is undefined
56 27.5.2 Showmanyc's return type
57 21.1.3.2 Mistake in char_traits
59 27.5.2.3.1 Ambiguity in specification of gbump
60 27.6.1.2.1 What is a formatted input function?
62 27.6.1.3 Sync's return value
64 27.6.1.2.3 Exception handling in basic_istream::operator>>(basic_streambuf*)
66 D.7.1.3 Strstreambuf::setbuf
68 27.6.1.2.3 Extractors for char* should store null at end
69 23.2.4 Must elements of a vector be contiguous?
70 18.6 Uncaught_exception() missing throw() specification
71 22.2.5.1 Do_get_monthname synopsis missing argument
74 22.2.1.5.2 Garbled text for codecvt::do_max_length
75 22.2.1.5 Contradiction in codecvt::length's argument types
78 27.4.2 Typo: event_call_back
79 26.2.1 Inconsistent declaration of polar()
80 26.2.1 Global Operators of complex declared twice
83 21.3 String::npos vs. string::max_size()
90 21.3.7.9 Incorrect description of operator >> for strings
106 26.3.5 Numeric library private members are implementation defined
110 24.5.3 istreambuf_iterator::equal not const
119 17.4.4.8 Should virtual functions be allowed to strengthen the exception specification?
124 22.2.1.2 ctype_byname<charT>::do_scan_is & do_scan_not return type should be const charT*
125 26.3.2 valarray<T>::operator!() return type is inconsistent
126 22.2.1.1.2 typos in Effects clause of ctype::do_narrow()
132 23.2.2.2 list::resize description uses random access iterators
133 23.3.1 map missing get_allocator()
139 23.1.1 Optional sequence operation table description unclear
141 21.3.6.4 basic_string::find_last_of, find_last_not_of say pos instead of xpos
148 22.2.8 Functions in the example facet BoolNames should be const
150 25.1.4 Find_first_of says integer instead of iterator
151 23.1.1 Can't currently clear() empty container
152 22.2.1.1.2 Typo in scan_is() semantics
154 22.2.2.1.2 Missing double specifier for do_get()
155 27.3 Typo in naming the class defining the class Init
156 27.4.2.3 Typo in imbue() description
158 27.5.2.4.2 Underspecified semantics for setbuf()
160 27.6.1.1 Typo: Use of non-existing function exception()
161 27.6.1.2.2 Typo: istream_iterator vs. istreambuf_iterator
168 27.6.2.6 Typo: formatted vs. unformatted
169 27.7.1.3 Bad efficiency of overflow() mandated
172 27.6.1.3 Inconsistent types for basic_istream::ignore()
173 27.8.1.4 Inconsistent types for basic_filebuf::setbuf()
174 D.6 Typo: OFF_T vs. POS_T
175 D.6 Ambiguity for basic_streambuf::pubseekpos() and a few other functions.
176 D.6 exceptions() in ios_base...?
187 25.2.2 iter_swap underspecified
189 27.4.2.2 setprecision() not specified correctly
193 25.3.6 Heap operations description incorrect
195 27.6.1.1.2 Should basic_istream::sentry's constructor ever set eofbit?

Dup (10 issues)

Issue Section Title
10 22.2.1.5.2 Codecvt<>::do unclear
43 22.2.1.5.2 Locale table correction
67 21.3.7.9 Setw useless for strings
72 22.2.1.5 Do_convert phantom member function
87 21.3.6.8 Error in description of string::compare()
89 21.3.5.4 Missing throw specification for string::insert() and string::replace()
157 27.4.2.5 Meaningless error handling for pword() and iword()
162 27.6.1.2.3 Really "formatted input functions"?
163 27.6.1.3 Return of gcount() after a call to gcount
166 27.6.2.5.3 Really "formatted output functions"?

NAD (50 issues)

Issue Section Title
6 27.4.3 File position not an offset unimplementable
12 20.1.5 Way objects hold allocators unclear
45 27.7.3 Stringstreams read/write pointers initial position unclear
58 27.6.1.2.3 Extracting a char from a wide-oriented stream
65 D.7.1.3 Underspecification of strstreambuf::seekoff
73 27.8.1 is_open should be const
77 26.3.2.3 Valarray operator[] const returning value
81 26.3.5 Wrong declaration of slice operations
82 23.1.2 Missing constant for set elements
84 21.3.5 Ambiguity with string::insert()
85 21 String char types
88 21.3.5.4 Inconsistency between string::insert() and string::append()
93 26.3 Incomplete Valarray Subset Definitions
95 17.4.4.4 Members added by the implementation
97 23 Insert inconsistent definition
99 24.4.1.3.13 Reverse_iterator comparisons completely wrong
100 24.4.2 Insert iterators/ostream_iterators overconstrained
101 23.2.4 No way to free storage for vector and deque
104 21.3.4 Description of basic_string::operator[] is unclear
105 27.8 fstream ctors argument types desired
107 26.3.2 Valarray constructor is strange
113 27.6.1.1 Missing/extra iostream sync semantics
116 23.3.5 bitset cannot be constructed with a const char*
121 22.1.1.1.1 Detailed definition for ctype<wchar_t> specialization missing
128 27.7 Need open_mode() function for file stream, string streams, file buffers, and string  buffers
130 23.1.2 Return type of container::erase(iterator) differs for associative containers
131 23.2.2.4 list::splice throws nothing
135 27.6.1.5.1 basic_iostream doubly initialized
138 22.2.1.4 Class ctype_byname<char> redundant and misleading
140 23.3.1 map<Key, T>::value_type does not satisfy the assignable requirement
143 D.5 C .h header wording unclear
145 27.4.4.1 adjustfield lacks default value 
149 23.1.1 Insert should return iterator to first element inserted
177 26.2.6 Complex operators cannot be explicitly instantiated
178 27.3.1 Should clog and cerr initially be tied to cout?
180 23 Container member iterator arguments constness has unintended consequences
188 26.3.2.6 valarray helpers missing augmented assignment operators
190 25.3.7 min() and max() functions should be std::binary_functions
191 25.3.3 Unclear complexity for algorithms such as binary search
192 23.1.2 a.insert(p,t) is inefficient and overconstrained
194 27.4.4 rdbuf() functions poorly specified
196 18.4.1.3 Placement new example has alignment problems
203 27.6.1.1.2 basic_istream::sentry::sentry() is uninstantiable with ctype<user-defined type>
204 24.3.4 distance(first, last) when "last" is before "first"
205 18.2.1.2 numeric_limits unclear on how to determine floating point types
206 18.4.1.1 operator new(size_t, nothrow) may become unlinked to ordinary operator new if ordinary version replaced
213 26.5 Math function overloads ambiguous
215 23.1.2 Can a map's key_type be const?
218 25.3 Algorithms do not use binary predicate objects for default comparisons
219 25.1.2 find algorithm missing version that takes a binary predicate argument

New (37 issues)

Issue Section Title
228 22.2 Incorrect specification of "..._byname" facets
229 17.4.1.1 Unqualified references of other library entities
230 17 Assignable specified without also specifying CopyConstructible
231 22.2.2.2.2 Precision in iostream?
232 17.4.3.1 "depends" poorly defined in 17.4.3.1
233 23.1.2 Insertion hints in associative containers
234 20.4.1.1 Typos in allocator definition
235 24.4.1.1 No specification of default ctor for reverse_iterator
236 24.2.1.3.2 ctype<char>::is() member modifies facet
237 23.2.2.1 Undefined expression in complexity specification
238 27.7.1.1 Contradictory results of stringbuf initialization.
239 25.2.8 Complexitiy of unique() and/or unique_copy incorrect
240 25.1.5 Complexity of adjacent_find() is meaningless
241 25.2.8 Does unique_copy() require CopyConstructible and Assignable?
242 25.2.3 Side effects of function objects
243 27.6.1.3 get and getline when sentry reports failure
244 25.1.2 Must find's third argument be CopyConstructible?
245 24.5.1 Which operations on istream_iterator triger input operations?
246 23.1.2 a.insert(p,t) is incorrectly specified
247 23.3.4.4 vector, deque::insert complexity
248 22.2.5 time_get fails to set eofbit
249 20.4.5 Return Type of auto_ptr::operator=
250 23.2.2.4 splicing invalidates iterators
251 27.7.1 basic_stringbuf missing allocator_type
252 27.7 missing casts/C-style casts used in iostreams
253 26.3.2.1 valarray helper functions are almost entirely useless
254 19.1 Exception types in clause 19 are constructed from std::string
255 27.5.2 Why do basic_streambuf<>::pbump() and gbump() take an int?
256 27.4.4.2 typo in 27.4.4.2, p17: copy_event does not exist
257 20.3.1 STL functional object and iterator inheritance.
258 20.1.5 Missing allocator requirement
259 21.1.4 basic_string::operator[] and const correctness
260 24.5.1.2 Inconsistent return type of istream_iterator::operator++(int)
261 24.5.1.2 Missing description of istream_iterator::operator!=
262 17.3.2.1.2 Bitmask operator ~ specified incorrectly
263 21.3 Severe restriction on basic_string reference counting
264 23.1.2 Associative container insert(i, j) complexity requirements are not feasible.

Open (19 issues)

Issue Section Title
44 27 Iostreams use operator== on int_type values
49 27.4.2.4 Underspecification of ios_base::sync_with_stdio
76 22.2.1.5 Can a codecvt facet always convert one internal character at a time?
91 21.3.7.9 Description of operator>> and getline() for string<> might cause endless loop
92 25 Incomplete Algorithm Requirements
94 17.4.4 May library implementors add template parameters to Standard Library classes?
96 23.2.5 Vector<bool> is not a container
98 24.1.1 Input iterator requirements are badly written
102 23.1.2 Bug in insert range in associative containers
109 20.3.6 Missing binders for non-const sequence elements
111 24.5.3.5 istreambuf_iterator::equal overspecified, inefficient
117 27.6.2.5.2 basic_ostream uses nonexistent num_put member functions
123 26.3.5.4 Should valarray helper arrays fill functions be const?
198 24.1 Validity of pointers and references unspecified after iterator destruction
200 24.1.3 Forward iterator requirements don't allow constant iterators
202 25.2.8 unique() effects unclear when predicate not an equivalence relation
207 22.2.1.3.2 ctype<char> members return clause incomplete
225 17.4.4.3 std:: algorithms use of other unqualified algorithms
226 17.4.3.1 User supplied specializations or overloads of namespace std function templates

Ready (38 issues)

Issue Section Title
3 18.3 Atexit registration during atexit() call is not described
8 22.1.1.5 Locale::global lacks guarantee
9 18.4.1 Operator new(0) calls should not yield the same pointer
19 22.2.1.5.2 "Noconv" definition too vague
26 27.6.1.1.2 Bad sentry example
31 22.1.1 Immutable locale values
61 27.6.1.3 Ambiguity in iostreams exception policy
63 27.6.2.6 Exception-handling policy for unformatted output
86 21.3.1 String constructors don't describe exceptions
108 18.6.1 Lifetime of exception::what() return unspecified
112 24.5.4.1 Minor typo in ostreambuf_iterator constructor
114 18.4.1.3 Placement forms example in error twice
115 D.7.4.1 Typo in strstream constructors
122 27.5.2 streambuf/wstreambuf description should not say they are specializations
127 20.4.5 auto_ptr<> conversion issues
129 27.6.1.3 Need error indication from seekp() and seekg()
134 23.2.4.1 vector constructors over specified
137 22.1.1 Do use_facet and has_facet look in the global locale?
142 25.3.8 lexicographical_compare complexity wrong
144 23.2.1.1 Deque constructor complexity wrong
146 26.2.6 complex<T> Inserter and Extractor need sentries
147 17.4.4.3 Library Intro refers to global functions that aren't global
159 27.5.2.4.3 Strange use of underflow()
164 22.2.5.3.2 do_put() has apparently unused fill argument
170 27.7.4 Inconsistent definition of traits_type
199 20.1.5 What does allocate(0) return?
201 18.2.1 Numeric limits terminology wrong
208 24.1 Unnecessary restriction on past-the-end iterators
209 21.3 basic_string declarations inconsistent
210 25 distance first and last confused
211 21.3.7.9 operator>>(istream&, string&) doesn't set failbit
212 25.3.7 Empty range behavior unclear for several algorithms
217 22.2.8 Facets example (Classifying Japanese characters) contains errors
220 27.4.2.7 ~ios_base() usage valid?
222 17.3.1.3 Are throw clauses necessary if a throw is already implied by the effects clause?
223 25.2.9 reverse algorithm should use iter_swap rather than swap
224 23.1.2 clear() complexity for associative containers refers to undefined N
227 25.2.2 std::swap() should require CopyConstructible or DefaultConstructible arguments

Review (19 issues)

Issue Section Title
103 23.1.2 set::iterator is required to be modifiable, but this allows modification of keys
118 27.6.1.2.2 basic_istream uses nonexistent num_get member functions
120 17.4.3.1 Can an implementor add specializations?
136 27.6.1.3 seekp, seekg setting wrong streams?
153 22.2.1.3.2 Typo in narrow() semantics
165 27.6.2.1 xsputn(), pubsync() never called by basic_ostream members?
167 27.6.2.5.4 Improper use of traits_type::length()
171 27.8.1.4 Strange seekpos() semantics due to joint position
179 23.1 Comparison of const_iterators to iterators doesn't work
181 20.2.2 make_pair() unintended behavior
182 17 Ambiguous references to size_t
183 27.6.3 I/O stream manipulators don't work for wide character streams
184 18.2.1.5 numeric_limits<bool> wording problems
185 20.3 Questionable use of term "inline"
186 23.3.5.2 bitset::set() second parameter should be bool
197 20.1.5 max_size() underspecified
214 23.3.3 set::find() missing const overload
216 27.6.3 setbase manipulator description flawed
221 22.2.2.1.2 num_get<>::do_get stage 2 processing broken

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