C++ Standard Library Issues List (Revision 11)

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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 Report List, and Library Closed Issues List.

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Issue Title Section Status
1 C library linkage editing oversight 17.4.2.2 DR
2 Auto_ptr conversions effects incorrect 20.4.5.3 DR
3 Atexit registration during atexit() call is not described 18.3 Open
4 Basic_string size_type and difference_type should be implementation defined 21.3 DR
5 String::compare specification questionable 21.3.6.8 DR
6 File position not an offset unimplementable 27.4.3 NAD
7 String clause minor problems 21 DR
8 Locale::global lacks guarantee 22.1.1.5 Review
9 Operator new(0) calls should not yield the same pointer 18.4.1 Open
10 Codecvt<>::do unclear 22.2.1.5.2 Dup
11 Bitset minor problems 23.3.5 DR
12 Way objects hold allocators unclear 20.1.5 NAD
13 Eos refuses to die 27.6.1.2.3 DR
14 Locale::combine should be const 22.1.1.3 DR
15 Locale::name requirement inconsistent 22.1.1.3 DR
16 Bad ctype_byname<char> decl 22.2.1.4 DR
17 Bad bool parsing 22.2.2.1.2 Ready
18 Get(...bool&) omitted 22.2.2.1.1 DR
19 "Noconv" definition too vague 22.2.1.5.2 Review
20 Thousands_sep returns wrong type 22.2.3.1.2 DR
21 Codecvt_byname<> instantiations 22.1.1.1.1 Ready
22 Member open vs. flags 27.8.1.7 DR
23 Num_get overflow result 22.2.2.1.2 DR
24 "do_convert" doesn't exist 22.2.1.5.2 DR
25 String operator<< uses width() value wrong 21.3.7.9 DR
26 Bad sentry example 27.6.1.1.2 Open
27 String::erase(range) yields wrong iterator 21.3.5.5 DR
28 Ctype<char>is ambiguous 22.2.1.3.2 DR
29 Ios_base::init doesn't exist 27.3.1 DR
30 Wrong header for LC_* 22.1.1.1.1 DR
31 Immutable locale values 22.1.1 Open
32 Pbackfail description inconsistent 27.5.2.4.4 Ready
33 Codecvt<> mentions from_type 22.2.1.5.2 DR
34 True/falsename() not in ctype<> 22.2.2.2.2 DR
35 No manipulator unitbuf in synopsis 27.4 DR
36 Iword & pword storage lifetime omitted 27.4.2.5 DR
37 Leftover "global" reference 22.1.1 DR
38 Facet definition incomplete 22.1.2 DR
39 istreambuf_iterator<>::operator++(int) definition garbled 24.5.3.4 DR
40 Meaningless normative paragraph in examples 22.2.8 DR
41 Ios_base needs clear(), exceptions() 27.4.2 Ready
42 String ctors specify wrong default allocator 21.3 Ready
43 Locale table correction 22.2.1.5.2 Dup
44 Iostreams use operator== on int_type values 27 Open
45 Stringstreams read/write pointers initial position unclear 27.7.3 NAD
46 Minor Annex D errors D.7 DR
47 Imbue() and getloc() Returns clauses swapped 27.4.2.3 DR
48 Use of non-existent exception constructor 27.4.2.1.1 DR
49 Underspecification of ios_base::sync_with_stdio 27.4.2.4 Open
50 Copy constructor and assignment operator of ios_base 27.4.2 Ready
51 Requirement to not invalidate iterators missing 23.1 DR
52 Small I/O problems 27.4.3.2 DR
53 Basic_ios destructor unspecified 27.4.4.1 Ready
54 Basic_streambuf's destructor 27.5.2.1 DR
55 Invalid stream position is undefined 27 DR
56 Showmanyc's return type 27.5.2 DR
57 Mistake in char_traits 21.1.3.2 DR
58 Extracting a char from a wide-oriented stream 27.6.1.2.3 NAD
59 Ambiguity in specification of gbump 27.5.2.3.1 DR
60 What is a formatted input function? 27.6.1.2.1 Ready
61 Ambiguity in iostreams exception policy 27.6.1.3 Open
62 Sync's return value 27.6.1.3 DR
63 Exception-handling policy for unformatted output 27.6.2.6 Review
64 Exception handling in basic_istream::operator>>(basic_streambuf*) 27.6.1.2.3 DR
65 Underspecification of strstreambuf::seekoff D.7.1.3 NAD
66 Strstreambuf::setbuf D.7.1.3 DR
67 Setw useless for strings 21.3.7.9 Dup
68 Extractors for char* should store null at end 27.6.1.2.3 DR
69 Must elements of a vector be contiguous? 23.2.4 DR
70 Uncaught_exception() missing throw() specification 18.6 DR
71 Do_get_monthname synopsis missing argument 22.2.5.1 DR
72 Do_convert phantom member function 22.2.1.5 Dup
73 is_open should be const 27.8.1 NAD
74 Garbled text for codecvt::do_max_length 22.2.1.5.2 DR
75 Contradiction in codecvt::length's argument types 22.2.1.5 DR
76 Can a codecvt facet always convert one internal character at a time? 22.2.1.5 Open
77 Valarray operator[] const returning value 26.3.2.3 NAD
78 Typo: event_call_back 27.4.2 DR
79 Inconsistent declaration of polar() 26.2.1 DR
80 Global Operators of complex declared twice 26.2.1 DR
81 Wrong declaration of slice operations 26.3.5 NAD
82 Missing constant for set elements 23.1.2 NAD
83 String::npos vs. string::max_size() 21.3 Ready
84 Ambiguity with string::insert() 21.3.5 NAD
85 String char types 21 NAD
86 String constructors don't describe exceptions 21.3.1 Review
87 Error in description of string::compare() 21.3.6.8 Dup
88 Inconsistency between string::insert() and string::append() 21.3.5.4 NAD
89 Missing throw specification for string::insert() and string::replace() 21.3.5.4 Dup
90 Incorrect description of operator >> for strings 21.3.7.9 DR
91 Description of operator>> and getline() for string<> might cause endless loop 21.3.7.9 Review
92 Incomplete Algorithm Requirements 25 Open
93 Incomplete Valarray Subset Definitions 26.3 NAD
94 May library implementors add template parameters to Standard Library classes? 17.4.4 Open
95 Members added by the implementation 17.4.4.4 NAD
96 Vector<bool> is not a container 23.2.5 Open
97 Insert inconsistent definition 23 NAD
98 Input iterator requirements are badly written 24.1.1 Open
99 Reverse_iterator comparisons completely wrong 24.4.1.3.13 NAD
100 Insert iterators/ostream_iterators overconstrained 24.4.2 NAD
101 No way to free storage for vector and deque 23.2.4 NAD
102 Bug in insert range in associative containers 23.1.2 Open
103 set::iterator is required to be modifiable, but this allows modification of keys 23.1.2 Open
104 Description of basic_string::operator[] is unclear 21.3.4 NAD
105 fstream ctors argument types desired 27.8 NAD
106 Numeric library private members are implementation defined 26.3.5 DR
107 Valarray constructor is strange 26.3.2 NAD
108 Lifetime of exception::what() return unspecified 18.6.1 Review
109 Missing binders for non-const sequence elements 20.3.6 Open
110 istreambuf_iterator::equal not const 24.5.3 DR
111 istreambuf_iterator::equal overspecified, inefficient 24.5.3.5 Open
112 Minor typo in ostreambuf_iterator constructor 24.5.4.1 Review
113 Missing/extra iostream sync semantics 27.6.1.1 NAD
114 Placement forms example in error twice 18.4.1.3 Open
115 Typo in strstream constructors D.7.4.1 Review
116 bitset cannot be constructed with a const char* 23.3.5 NAD
117 basic_ostream uses nonexistent num_put member functions 27.6.2.5.2 Review
118 basic_istream uses nonexistent num_get member functions 27.6.1.2.2 Open
119 Should virtual functions be allowed to strengthen the exception specification? 17.4.4.8 Ready
120 Can an implementor add specializations? 17.4.3.1 Open
121 Detailed definition for ctype<wchar_t> specialization missing 22.1.1.1.1 Open
122 streambuf/wstreambuf description should not say they are specializations 27.5.2 Open
123 Should valarray helper arrays fill functions be const? 26.3.5.4 Open
124 ctype_byname<charT>::do_scan_is & do_scan_not return type should be const charT* 22.2.1.2 DR
125 valarray<T>::operator!() return type is inconsistent 26.3.2 DR
126 typos in Effects clause of ctype::do_narrow() 22.2.1.1.2 DR
127 auto_ptr<> conversion issues 20.4.5 Open
128 Need open_mode() function for file stream, string streams, file buffers, and string  buffers 27.7 NAD
129 Need error indication from seekp() and seekg() 27.6.1.3 Review
130 Return type of container::erase(iterator) differs for associative containers 23.1.2 NAD
131 list::splice throws nothing 23.2.2.4 NAD
132 list::resize description uses random access iterators 23.2.2.2 DR
133 map missing get_allocator() 23.3.1 DR
134 vector and deque constructors over specified 23.2.4.1 Open
135 basic_iostream doubly initialized 27.6.1.5.1 NAD
136 seekp, seekg setting wrong streams? 27.6.1.3 Open
137 Do use_facet and has_facet look in the global locale? 22.1.1 Open
138 Class ctype_byname<char> redundant and misleading 22.2.1.4 Open
139 Optional sequence operation table description unclear 23.1.1 DR
140 map<Key, T>::value_type does not satisfy the assignable requirement 23.3.1 NAD
141 basic_string::find_last_of, find_last_not_of say pos instead of xpos 21.3.6.4 Ready
142 lexicographical_compare complexity wrong 25.3.8 Review
143 C .h header wording unclear D.5 Open
144 Deque constructor complexity wrong 23.2.1.1 Ready
145 adjustfield lacks default value  27.4.4.1 NAD
146 complex<T> Inserter and Extractor need sentries 26.2.6 Review
147 Library Intro refers to global functions that aren't global 17.4.4.3 Review
148 Functions in the example facet BoolNames should be const 22.2.8 Ready
149 Insert should return iterator to first element inserted 23.1.1 NAD
150 Find_first_of says integer instead of iterator 25.1.4 Ready
151 Can't currently clear() empty container 23.1.1 Ready
152 Typo in scan_is() semantics 22.2.1.1.2 Ready
153 Typo in narrow() semantics 22.2.1.3.2 Open
154 Missing double specifier for do_get() 22.2.2.1.2 Ready
155 Typo in naming the class defining the class Init 27.3 Ready
156 Typo in imbue() description 27.4.2.3 Ready
157 Meaningless error handling for pword() and iword() 27.4.2.5 Dup
158 Underspecified semantics for setbuf() 27.5.2.4.2 Ready
159 Strange use of underflow() 27.5.2.4.3 Review
160 Typo: Use of non-existing function exception() 27.6.1.1 Ready
161 Typo: istream_iterator vs. istreambuf_iterator 27.6.1.2.2 Ready
162 Really "formatted input functions"? 27.6.1.2.3 Dup
163 Return of gcount() after a call to gcount 27.6.1.3 Dup
164 do_put() has apparently unused fill argument 22.2.5.3.2 Review
165 xsputn(), pubsync() never called by basic_ostream members? 27.6.2.1 Open
166 Really "formatted output functions"? 27.6.2.5.3 Dup
167 Improper use of traits_type::length() 27.6.2.5.4 Open
168 Type: formatted vs. unformatted 27.6.2.6 Ready
169 Bad efficiency of overflow() mandated 27.7.1.3 Ready
170 Inconsistent definition of traits_type 27.7.4 Review
171 Strange seekpos() semantics due to joint position 27.8.1.4 Open
172 Inconsistent types for basic_istream::ignore() 27.6.1.3 Ready
173 Inconsistent types for basic_filebuf::setbuf() 27.8.1.4 Ready
174 Typo: OFF_T vs. POS_T D.6 Ready
175 Ambiguity for basic_streambuf::pubseekpos() and a few other functions. D.6 Ready
176 exceptions() in ios_base...? D.6 Ready
177 Complex operators cannot be explicitly instantiated 26.2.6 Open
178 Should clog and cerr initially be tied to cout? 27.3.1 NAD
179 Comparison of const_iterators to iterators doesn't work 24.1.1 Open
180 Container member iterator arguments constness has unintended consequences 23 Open
181 make_pair() unintended behavior 20.2.2 Open
182 Ambiguous references to size_t 17 Review
183 I/O stream manipulators don't work for wide character streams 27.6.3 Open
184 numeric_limits<bool> wording problems 18.2.1 Open
185 Questionable use of term "inline" 20.3 Ready
186 bitset::set() second parameter should be bool 23.3.5.2 Open
187 iter_swap underspecified 25.2.2 Ready
188 valarray helpers missing augmented assignment operators 26.3.2.6 NAD
189 setprecision() not specified correctly 27.4.2.2 Ready
190 min() and max() functions should be std::binary_functions 25.3.7 NAD
191 Unclear complexity for algorithms such as binary search 25.3.3 NAD
192 a.insert(p,t) is inefficient and overconstrained 23.1.2 NAD
193 Heap operations description incorrect 25.3.6 Ready
194 rdbuf() functions poorly specified 27.4.4 NAD
195 Should basic_istream::sentry's constructor ever set eofbit? 27.6.1.1.2 Ready
196 Placement new example has alignment problems 18.4.1.3 New
197 max_size() underspecified 20.1.5 New
198 Validity of references is unspecified after iterator destruction 23.1 New

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