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| <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" 
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| 	 xml:id="manual.appendix.porting.backwards" xreflabel="backwards">
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| <?dbhtml filename="backwards.html"?>
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| 
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| <info><title>Backwards Compatibility</title>
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|   <keywordset>
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|     <keyword>ISO C++</keyword>
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|     <keyword>backwards</keyword>
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|   </keywordset>
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| </info>
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| 
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| 
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.first"><info><title>First</title></info>
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| 
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| 
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| <para>The first generation GNU C++ library was called libg++.  It was a
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| separate GNU project, although reliably paired with GCC. Rumors imply
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| that it had a working relationship with at least two kinds of
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| dinosaur.
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| </para>
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| 
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| <para>Some background: libg++ was designed and created when there was no
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| ISO standard to provide guidance.  Classes like linked lists are now
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| provided for by <classname>list<T></classname> and do not need to be
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| created by <function>genclass</function>.  (For that matter, templates exist
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| now and are well-supported, whereas genclass (mostly) predates them.)
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| </para>
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| 
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| <para>There are other classes in libg++ that are not specified in the
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| ISO Standard (e.g., statistical analysis).  While there are a lot of
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| really useful things that are used by a lot of people, the Standards
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| Committee couldn't include everything, and so a lot of those
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| <quote>obvious</quote> classes didn't get included.
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| </para>
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| 
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| <para>Known Issues include many of the limitations of its immediate ancestor.</para>
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| 
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| <para>Portability notes and known implementation limitations are as follows.</para>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.first.ios_base"><info><title>No <code>ios_base</code></title></info>
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|   
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| 
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| <para> At least some older implementations don't have <code>std::ios_base</code>, so you should use <code>std::ios::badbit</code>, <code>std::ios::failbit</code> and <code>std::ios::eofbit</code> and <code>std::ios::goodbit</code>.
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| </para>
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.first.cout_cin"><info><title>No <code>cout</code> in <filename class="headerfile"><ostream.h></filename>, no <code>cin</code> in <filename class="headerfile"><istream.h></filename></title></info>
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| 
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| 
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| <para>
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| 	In earlier versions of the standard,
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| 	<filename class="headerfile"><fstream.h></filename>,
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| 	<filename class="headerfile"><ostream.h></filename>
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| 	and <filename class="headerfile"><istream.h></filename>
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| 	used to define
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| 	<code>cout</code>, <code>cin</code> and so on. ISO C++ specifies that one needs to include
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| 	<filename class="headerfile"><iostream></filename>
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| 	explicitly to get the required definitions.
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|  </para>
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| <para> Some include adjustment may be required.</para>
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| 
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| <para>This project is no longer maintained or supported, and the sources
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| archived. For the desperate,
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| the <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://gcc.gnu.org/extensions.html">GCC extensions
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| page</link> describes where to find the last libg++ source. The code is
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| considered replaced and rewritten.
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| </para>
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| </section>
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second"><info><title>Second</title></info>
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| 
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| 
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| <para>
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|   The second generation GNU C++ library was called libstdc++, or
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|   libstdc++-v2. It spans the time between libg++ and pre-ISO C++
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|   standardization and is usually associated with the following GCC
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|   releases: egcs 1.x, gcc 2.95, and gcc 2.96.
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| </para>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   The STL portions of this library are based on SGI/HP STL release 3.11.
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| </para>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   This project is no longer maintained or supported, and the sources
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|   archived.  The code is considered replaced and rewritten.
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| </para>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   Portability notes and known implementation limitations are as follows.
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| </para>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second.std"><info><title>Namespace <code>std::</code> not supported</title></info>
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|   
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| 
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|   <para>
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|     Some care is required to support C++ compiler and or library
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|     implementation that do not have the standard library in
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|     <code>namespace std</code>.
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|   </para>
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| 
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|   <para>
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|     The following sections list some possible solutions to support compilers
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|     that cannot ignore <code>std::</code>-qualified names.
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|   </para>
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| 
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|   <para>
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|     First, see if the compiler has a flag for this. Namespace
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|     back-portability-issues are generally not a problem for g++
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|     compilers that do not have libstdc++ in <code>std::</code>, as the
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|     compilers use <option>-fno-honor-std</option> (ignore
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|     <code>std::</code>, <code>:: = std::</code>) by default. That is,
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|     the responsibility for enabling or disabling <code>std::</code> is
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|     on the user; the maintainer does not have to care about it. This
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|     probably applies to some other compilers as well.
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|   </para>
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| 
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|   <para>
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|     Second, experiment with a variety of pre-processor tricks.
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|   </para>
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| 
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|   <para>
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|     By defining <code>std</code> as a macro, fully-qualified namespace
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|     calls become global. Volia.
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|   </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| #ifdef WICKEDLY_OLD_COMPILER
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| # define std
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| #endif
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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|   <para>
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|     Thanks to Juergen Heinzl who posted this solution on gnu.gcc.help.
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|   </para>
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| 
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|   <para>
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|     Another pre-processor based approach is to define a macro
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|     <code>NAMESPACE_STD</code>, which is defined to either
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|     <quote> </quote> or <quote>std</quote> based on a compile-type
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|     test. On GNU systems, this can be done with autotools by means of
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|     an autoconf test (see below) for <code>HAVE_NAMESPACE_STD</code>,
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|     then using that to set a value for the <code>NAMESPACE_STD</code>
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|     macro.  At that point, one is able to use
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|     <code>NAMESPACE_STD::string</code>, which will evaluate to
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|     <code>std::string</code> or <code>::string</code> (i.e., in the
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|     global namespace on systems that do not put <code>string</code> in
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|     <code>std::</code>).
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|   </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| dnl @synopsis AC_CXX_NAMESPACE_STD
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| dnl
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| dnl If the compiler supports namespace std, define
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| dnl HAVE_NAMESPACE_STD.
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| dnl
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| dnl @category Cxx
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| dnl @author Todd Veldhuizen
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| dnl @author Luc Maisonobe <luc@spaceroots.org>
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| dnl @version 2004-02-04
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| dnl @license AllPermissive
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| AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_NAMESPACE_STD], [
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|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(if g++ supports namespace std,
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|   ac_cv_cxx_have_std_namespace,
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|   [AC_LANG_SAVE
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|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
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|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <iostream>
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| 		  std::istream& is = std::cin;],,
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|   ac_cv_cxx_have_std_namespace=yes, ac_cv_cxx_have_std_namespace=no)
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|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
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|   ])
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|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_have_std_namespace" = yes; then
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|     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NAMESPACE_STD,,[Define if g++ supports namespace std. ])
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|   fi
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| ])
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| </programlisting>
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second.iterators"><info><title>Illegal iterator usage</title></info>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   The following illustrate implementation-allowed illegal iterator
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|   use, and then correct use.
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| </para>
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| 
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| <itemizedlist>
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|   <listitem>
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|     <para>
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|       you cannot do <code>ostream::operator<<(iterator)</code>
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|       to print the address of the iterator => use
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|       <code>operator<< &*iterator</code> instead
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|     </para>
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|   </listitem>
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|   <listitem>
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|     <para>
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|       you cannot clear an iterator's reference (<code>iterator =
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|       0</code>) => use <code>iterator = iterator_type();</code>
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|     </para>
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|   </listitem>
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|   <listitem>
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|     <para>
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|       <code>if (iterator)</code> won't work any more => use
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|       <code>if (iterator != iterator_type())</code>
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|     </para>
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|   </listitem>
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| </itemizedlist>
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second.isspace"><info><title><code>isspace</code> from <filename class="headerfile"><cctype></filename> is a macro
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|   </title></info>
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|   
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| 
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|   <para>
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|     Glibc 2.0.x and 2.1.x define <filename class="headerfile"><ctype.h></filename> functionality as macros
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|     (isspace, isalpha etc.).
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|   </para>
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| 
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|   <para>
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|     This implementations of libstdc++, however, keep these functions
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|     as macros, and so it is not back-portable to use fully qualified
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|     names. For example:
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|   </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| #include <cctype>
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| int main() { std::isspace('X'); }
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   Results in something like this:
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| </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| std:: (__ctype_b[(int) ( ( 'X' ) )] & (unsigned short int) _ISspace ) ;
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   A solution is to modify a header-file so that the compiler tells
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|   <filename class="headerfile"><ctype.h></filename> to define functions
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|   instead of macros:
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| </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| // This keeps isalnum, et al from being propagated as macros.
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| #if __linux__
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| # define __NO_CTYPE 1
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| #endif
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   Then, include <filename class="headerfile"><ctype.h></filename>
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| </para>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   Another problem arises if you put a <code>using namespace
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|   std;</code> declaration at the top, and include
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|   <filename class="headerfile"><ctype.h></filename>. This will
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|   result in ambiguities between the definitions in the global namespace
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|   (<filename class="headerfile"><ctype.h></filename>) and the
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|   definitions in namespace <code>std::</code>
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|   (<code><cctype></code>).
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| </para>
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second.at"><info><title>No <code>vector::at</code>, <code>deque::at</code>, <code>string::at</code></title></info>
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| 
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| 
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| <para>
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|   One solution is to add an autoconf-test for this:
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| </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| AC_MSG_CHECKING(for container::at)
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| AC_TRY_COMPILE(
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| [
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| #include <vector>
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| #include <deque>
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| #include <string>
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| 
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| using namespace std;
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| ],
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| [
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| deque<int> test_deque(3);
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| test_deque.at(2);
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| vector<int> test_vector(2);
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| test_vector.at(1);
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| string test_string(<quote>test_string</quote>);
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| test_string.at(3);
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| ],
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| [AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
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| AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CONTAINER_AT)],
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| [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   If you are using other (non-GNU) compilers it might be a good idea
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|   to check for <code>string::at</code> separately.
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| </para>
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| 
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second.eof"><info><title>No <code>std::char_traits<char>::eof</code></title></info>
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| 
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| 
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| <para>
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|   Use some kind of autoconf test, plus this:
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| </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| #ifdef HAVE_CHAR_TRAITS
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| #define CPP_EOF std::char_traits<char>::eof()
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| #else
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| #define CPP_EOF EOF
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| #endif
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second.stringclear"><info><title>No <code>string::clear</code></title></info>
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| 
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| 
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| <para>
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|   There are two functions for deleting the contents of a string:
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|   <code>clear</code> and <code>erase</code> (the latter returns the
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|   string).
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| </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| void
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| clear() { _M_mutate(0, this->size(), 0); }
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| basic_string&
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| erase(size_type __pos = 0, size_type __n = npos)
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| {
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|   return this->replace(_M_check(__pos), _M_fold(__pos, __n),
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| 			  _M_data(), _M_data());
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| }
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   Unfortunately, <code>clear</code> is not implemented in this
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|   version, so you should use <code>erase</code> (which is probably
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|   faster than <code>operator=(charT*)</code>).
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| </para>
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second.ostreamform_istreamscan"><info><title>
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|   Removal of <code>ostream::form</code> and <code>istream::scan</code>
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|   extensions
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| </title></info>
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| 
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| 
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| <para>
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|   These are no longer supported. Please use stringstreams instead.
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| </para>
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second.stringstreams"><info><title>No <code>basic_stringbuf</code>, <code>basic_stringstream</code></title></info>
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| 
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| 
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| <para>
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|   Although the ISO standard <code>i/ostringstream</code>-classes are
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|   provided, (<filename class="headerfile"><sstream></filename>), for
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|   compatibility with older implementations the pre-ISO
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|   <code>i/ostrstream</code> (<filename class="headerfile"><strstream></filename>) interface is also provided,
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|   with these caveats:
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| </para>
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| 
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| <itemizedlist>
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|   <listitem>
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|     <para>
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|       <code>strstream</code> is considered to be deprecated
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|     </para>
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|   </listitem>
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|   <listitem>
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|     <para>
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|       <code>strstream</code> is limited to <code>char</code>
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|     </para>
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|   </listitem>
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|   <listitem>
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|     <para>
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|       with <code>ostringstream</code> you don't have to take care of
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|       terminating the string or freeing its memory
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|     </para>
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|   </listitem>
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|   <listitem>
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|     <para>
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|       <code>istringstream</code> can be re-filled (clear();
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|       str(input);)
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|     </para>
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|   </listitem>
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| </itemizedlist>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   You can then use output-stringstreams like this:
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| </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| #ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
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| # include <sstream>
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| #else
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| # include <strstream>
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| #endif
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| 
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| #ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
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|   std::ostringstream oss;
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| #else
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|   std::ostrstream oss;
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| #endif
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| 
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| oss << "Name=" << m_name << ", number=" << m_number << std::endl;
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| ...
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| #ifndef HAVE_SSTREAM
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|   oss << std::ends; // terminate the char*-string
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| #endif
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| 
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| // str() returns char* for ostrstream and a string for ostringstream
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| // this also causes ostrstream to think that the buffer's memory
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| // is yours
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| m_label.set_text(oss.str());
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| #ifndef HAVE_SSTREAM
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|   // let the ostrstream take care of freeing the memory
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|   oss.freeze(false);
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| #endif
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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| <para>
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|       Input-stringstreams can be used similarly:
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| </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| std::string input;
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| ...
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| #ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
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| std::istringstream iss(input);
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| #else
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| std::istrstream iss(input.c_str());
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| #endif
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| 
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| int i;
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| iss >> i;
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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| <para> One (the only?) restriction is that an istrstream cannot be re-filled:
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| </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| std::istringstream iss(numerator);
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| iss >> m_num;
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| // this is not possible with istrstream
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| iss.clear();
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| iss.str(denominator);
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| iss >> m_den;
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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| <para>
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| If you don't care about speed, you can put these conversions in
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|       a template-function:
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| </para>
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| <programlisting>
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| template <class X>
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| void fromString(const string& input, X& any)
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| {
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| #ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
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| std::istringstream iss(input);
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| #else
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| std::istrstream iss(input.c_str());
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| #endif
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| X temp;
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| iss >> temp;
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| if (iss.fail())
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| throw runtime_error(..)
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| any = temp;
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| }
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| </programlisting>
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| 
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| <para>
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|   Another example of using stringstreams is in <link linkend="strings.string.shrink">this howto</link>.
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| </para>
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| 
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| <para> There is additional information in the libstdc++-v2 info files, in
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| particular <quote>info iostream</quote>.
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| </para>
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second.wchar"><info><title>Little or no wide character support</title></info>
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|   
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|   <para>
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|     Classes <classname>wstring</classname> and
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|     <classname>char_traits<wchar_t></classname> are
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|     not supported.
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|   </para>
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second.iostream_templates"><info><title>No templatized iostreams</title></info>
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|   
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|   <para>
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|     Classes <classname>wfilebuf</classname> and
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|     <classname>wstringstream</classname> are not supported.
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|   </para>
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| </section>
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.second.thread_safety"><info><title>Thread safety issues</title></info>
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| 
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| 
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|   <para>
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|     Earlier GCC releases had a somewhat different approach to
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|     threading configuration and proper compilation.  Before GCC 3.0,
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|     configuration of the threading model was dictated by compiler
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|     command-line options and macros (both of which were somewhat
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|     thread-implementation and port-specific).  There were no
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|     guarantees related to being able to link code compiled with one
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|     set of options and macro setting with another set.
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|   </para>
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| 
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|   <para>
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|     For GCC 3.0, configuration of the threading model used with
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|     libraries and user-code is performed when GCC is configured and
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|     built using the --enable-threads and --disable-threads options.
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|     The ABI is stable for symbol name-mangling and limited functional
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|     compatibility exists between code compiled under different
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|     threading models.
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|   </para>
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| 
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|    <para>
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|      The libstdc++ library has been designed so that it can be used in
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|      multithreaded applications (with libstdc++-v2 this was only true
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|      of the STL parts.)  The first problem is finding a
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|      <emphasis>fast</emphasis> method of implementation portable to
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|      all platforms.  Due to historical reasons, some of the library is
 | |
|      written against per-CPU-architecture spinlocks and other parts
 | |
|      against the gthr.h abstraction layer which is provided by gcc.  A
 | |
|      minor problem that pops up every so often is different
 | |
|      interpretations of what "thread-safe" means for a
 | |
|      library (not a general program).  We currently use the <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/thread_safety.html">same
 | |
|      definition that SGI</link> uses for their STL subset.  However,
 | |
|      the exception for read-only containers only applies to the STL
 | |
|      components. This definition is widely-used and something similar
 | |
|      will be used in the next version of the C++ standard library.
 | |
|    </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
|    <para>
 | |
|      Here is a small link farm to threads (no pun) in the mail
 | |
|      archives that discuss the threading problem.  Each link is to the
 | |
|      first relevant message in the thread; from there you can use
 | |
|      "Thread Next" to move down the thread.  This farm is in
 | |
|      latest-to-oldest order.
 | |
|    </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
|       <itemizedlist>
 | |
| 	<listitem>
 | |
| 	  <para>
 | |
| 	    Our threading expert Loren gives a breakdown of <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2001-10/msg00024.html">the
 | |
| 	    six situations involving threads</link> for the 3.0
 | |
| 	    release series.
 | |
| 	  </para>
 | |
|       </listitem>
 | |
| 	<listitem>
 | |
| 	  <para>
 | |
| 	    <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2001-05/msg00384.html">
 | |
| 	This message</link> inspired a recent updating of issues with
 | |
| 	threading and the SGI STL library.  It also contains some
 | |
| 	example POSIX-multithreaded STL code.
 | |
| 	  </para>
 | |
| 	</listitem>
 | |
|       </itemizedlist>
 | |
| 
 | |
|    <para>
 | |
|      (A large selection of links to older messages has been removed;
 | |
|      many of the messages from 1999 were lost in a disk crash, and the
 | |
|      few people with access to the backup tapes have been too swamped
 | |
|      with work to restore them.  Many of the points have been
 | |
|      superseded anyhow.)
 | |
|    </para>
 | |
| </section>
 | |
| 
 | |
| </section>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <section xml:id="backwards.third"><info><title>Third</title></info>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para> The third generation GNU C++ library is called libstdc++, or
 | |
| libstdc++-v3.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
|       <para>The subset commonly known as the Standard Template Library
 | |
| 	 (clauses 23 through 25, mostly) is adapted from the final release
 | |
| 	 of the SGI STL (version 3.3), with extensive changes.
 | |
|       </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
|       <para>A more formal description of the V3 goals can be found in the
 | |
| 	 official <link linkend="contrib.design_notes">design document</link>.
 | |
|       </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>Portability notes and known implementation limitations are as follows.</para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <section xml:id="backwards.third.headers"><info><title>Pre-ISO headers moved to backwards or removed</title></info>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para> The pre-ISO C++ headers
 | |
|       (<filename class="headerfile"><iostream.h></filename>,
 | |
|       <filename class="headerfile"><defalloc.h></filename> etc.) are
 | |
|       available, unlike previous libstdc++ versions, but inclusion
 | |
|       generates a warning that you are using deprecated headers.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
|     <para>This compatibility layer is constructed by including the
 | |
|     standard C++ headers, and injecting any items in
 | |
|     <code>std::</code> into the global namespace.
 | |
|    </para>
 | |
|    <para>For those of you new to ISO C++ (welcome, time travelers!), no,
 | |
|       that isn't a typo. Yes, the headers really have new names.
 | |
|       Marshall Cline's C++ FAQ Lite has a good explanation in <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/std-headers.html">What's
 | |
|       the difference between <xxx> and <xxx.h> headers?</link>.
 | |
|    </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para> Some include adjustment may be required. What follows is an
 | |
| autoconf test that defines <code>PRE_STDCXX_HEADERS</code> when they
 | |
| exist.</para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <programlisting>
 | |
| # AC_HEADER_PRE_STDCXX
 | |
| AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_PRE_STDCXX], [
 | |
|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for pre-ISO C++ include files,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_pre_stdcxx,
 | |
|   [AC_LANG_SAVE
 | |
|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 | |
|   ac_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wno-deprecated"
 | |
| 
 | |
|   # Omit defalloc.h, as compilation with newer compilers is problematic.
 | |
|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([
 | |
|   #include <new.h>
 | |
|   #include <iterator.h>
 | |
|   #include <alloc.h>
 | |
|   #include <set.h>
 | |
|   #include <hashtable.h>
 | |
|   #include <hash_set.h>
 | |
|   #include <fstream.h>
 | |
|   #include <tempbuf.h>
 | |
|   #include <istream.h>
 | |
|   #include <bvector.h>
 | |
|   #include <stack.h>
 | |
|   #include <rope.h>
 | |
|   #include <complex.h>
 | |
|   #include <ostream.h>
 | |
|   #include <heap.h>
 | |
|   #include <iostream.h>
 | |
|   #include <function.h>
 | |
|   #include <multimap.h>
 | |
|   #include <pair.h>
 | |
|   #include <stream.h>
 | |
|   #include <iomanip.h>
 | |
|   #include <slist.h>
 | |
|   #include <tree.h>
 | |
|   #include <vector.h>
 | |
|   #include <deque.h>
 | |
|   #include <multiset.h>
 | |
|   #include <list.h>
 | |
|   #include <map.h>
 | |
|   #include <algobase.h>
 | |
|   #include <hash_map.h>
 | |
|   #include <algo.h>
 | |
|   #include <queue.h>
 | |
|   #include <streambuf.h>
 | |
|   ],,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_pre_stdcxx=yes, ac_cv_cxx_pre_stdcxx=no)
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$ac_save_CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
 | |
|   ])
 | |
|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_pre_stdcxx" = yes; then
 | |
|     AC_DEFINE(PRE_STDCXX_HEADERS,,[Define if pre-ISO C++ header files are present. ])
 | |
|   fi
 | |
| ])
 | |
| </programlisting>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>Porting between pre-ISO headers and ISO headers is simple: headers
 | |
| like <filename class="headerfile"><vector.h></filename> can be replaced with <filename class="headerfile"><vector></filename> and a using
 | |
| directive <code>using namespace std;</code> can be put at the global
 | |
| scope. This should be enough to get this code compiling, assuming the
 | |
| other usage is correct.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| </section>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <section xml:id="backwards.third.hash"><info><title>Extension headers hash_map, hash_set moved to ext or backwards</title></info>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
|       <para>At this time most of the features of the SGI STL extension have been
 | |
| 	 replaced by standardized libraries.
 | |
| 	 In particular, the <classname>unordered_map</classname> and
 | |
| 	 <classname>unordered_set</classname> containers of TR1 and C++ 2011
 | |
| 	 are suitable replacements for the non-standard
 | |
| 	 <classname>hash_map</classname> and <classname>hash_set</classname>
 | |
| 	 containers in the SGI STL.
 | |
|       </para>
 | |
| <para> Header files <filename class="headerfile"><hash_map></filename> and <filename class="headerfile"><hash_set></filename> moved
 | |
| to <filename class="headerfile"><ext/hash_map></filename> and  <filename class="headerfile"><ext/hash_set></filename>,
 | |
| respectively. At the same time, all types in these files are enclosed
 | |
| in <code>namespace __gnu_cxx</code>. Later versions deprecate
 | |
| these files, and suggest using TR1's  <filename class="headerfile"><unordered_map></filename>
 | |
| and  <filename class="headerfile"><unordered_set></filename> instead.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
|       <para>The extensions are no longer in the global or <code>std</code>
 | |
| 	 namespaces, instead they are declared in the <code>__gnu_cxx</code>
 | |
| 	 namespace. For maximum portability, consider defining a namespace
 | |
| 	 alias to use to talk about extensions, e.g.:
 | |
|       </para>
 | |
|       <programlisting>
 | |
|       #ifdef __GNUC__
 | |
|       #if __GNUC__ < 3
 | |
| 	#include <hash_map.h>
 | |
| 	namespace extension { using ::hash_map; }; // inherit globals
 | |
|       #else
 | |
| 	#include <backward/hash_map>
 | |
| 	#if __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 0
 | |
| 	  namespace extension = std;               // GCC 3.0
 | |
| 	#else
 | |
| 	  namespace extension = ::__gnu_cxx;       // GCC 3.1 and later
 | |
| 	#endif
 | |
|       #endif
 | |
|       #else      // ...  there are other compilers, right?
 | |
| 	namespace extension = std;
 | |
|       #endif
 | |
| 
 | |
|       extension::hash_map<int,int> my_map;
 | |
|       </programlisting>
 | |
|       <para>This is a bit cleaner than defining typedefs for all the
 | |
| 	 instantiations you might need.
 | |
|       </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>The following autoconf tests check for working HP/SGI hash containers.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <programlisting>
 | |
| # AC_HEADER_EXT_HASH_MAP
 | |
| AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_EXT_HASH_MAP], [
 | |
|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for ext/hash_map,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_ext_hash_map,
 | |
|   [AC_LANG_SAVE
 | |
|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 | |
|   ac_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Werror"
 | |
|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <ext/hash_map>], [using __gnu_cxx::hash_map;],
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_ext_hash_map=yes, ac_cv_cxx_ext_hash_map=no)
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$ac_save_CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
 | |
|   ])
 | |
|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_ext_hash_map" = yes; then
 | |
|     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXT_HASH_MAP,,[Define if ext/hash_map is present. ])
 | |
|   fi
 | |
| ])
 | |
| </programlisting>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <programlisting>
 | |
| # AC_HEADER_EXT_HASH_SET
 | |
| AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_EXT_HASH_SET], [
 | |
|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for ext/hash_set,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_ext_hash_set,
 | |
|   [AC_LANG_SAVE
 | |
|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 | |
|   ac_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Werror"
 | |
|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <ext/hash_set>], [using __gnu_cxx::hash_set;],
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_ext_hash_set=yes, ac_cv_cxx_ext_hash_set=no)
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$ac_save_CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
 | |
|   ])
 | |
|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_ext_hash_set" = yes; then
 | |
|     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXT_HASH_SET,,[Define if ext/hash_set is present. ])
 | |
|   fi
 | |
| ])
 | |
| </programlisting>
 | |
| </section>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <section xml:id="backwards.third.nocreate_noreplace"><info><title>No <code>ios::nocreate/ios::noreplace</code>.
 | |
| </title></info>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>Historically these flags were used with iostreams to control whether
 | |
| new files are created or not when opening a file stream, similar to the
 | |
| <code>O_CREAT</code> and <code>O_EXCL</code> flags for the
 | |
| <function>open(2)</function> system call. Because iostream modes correspond
 | |
| to <function>fopen(3)</function> modes these flags are not supported.
 | |
| For input streams a new file will not be created anyway, so
 | |
| <code>ios::nocreate</code> is not needed.
 | |
| For output streams, a new file will be created if it does not exist, which is
 | |
| consistent with the behaviour of <function>fopen</function>.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>When one of these flags is needed a possible alternative is to attempt
 | |
| to open the file using <type>std::ifstream</type> first to determine whether
 | |
| the file already exists or not. This may not be reliable however, because
 | |
| whether the file exists or not could change between opening the
 | |
| <type>std::istream</type> and re-opening with an output stream. If you need
 | |
| to check for existence and open a file as a single operation then you will
 | |
| need to use OS-specific facilities outside the C++ standard library, such
 | |
| as <function>open(2)</function>.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| </section>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <section xml:id="backwards.third.streamattach"><info><title>
 | |
| No <code>stream::attach(int fd)</code>
 | |
| </title></info>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>
 | |
|       Phil Edwards writes: It was considered and rejected for the ISO
 | |
|       standard.  Not all environments use file descriptors.  Of those
 | |
|       that do, not all of them use integers to represent them.
 | |
|     </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>
 | |
|       For a portable solution (among systems which use
 | |
|       file descriptors), you need to implement a subclass of
 | |
|       <code>std::streambuf</code> (or
 | |
|       <code>std::basic_streambuf<..></code>) which opens a file
 | |
|       given a descriptor, and then pass an instance of this to the
 | |
|       stream-constructor.
 | |
|     </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>
 | |
|       An extension is available that implements this.
 | |
|       <filename class="headerfile"><ext/stdio_filebuf.h></filename> contains a derived class called
 | |
|       <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/latest-doxygen/a00074.html"><code>__gnu_cxx::stdio_filebuf</code></link>.
 | |
|       This class can be constructed from a C <code>FILE*</code> or a file
 | |
|       descriptor, and provides the <code>fd()</code> function.
 | |
|     </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>
 | |
|  For another example of this, refer to
 | |
|       <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://www.josuttis.com/cppcode/fdstream.html">fdstream example</link>
 | |
|       by Nicolai Josuttis.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| </section>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <section xml:id="backwards.third.support_cxx98"><info><title>
 | |
| Support for C++98 dialect.
 | |
| </title></info>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>Check for complete library coverage of the C++1998/2003 standard.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <programlisting>
 | |
| # AC_HEADER_STDCXX_98
 | |
| AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_STDCXX_98], [
 | |
|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for ISO C++ 98 include files,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_98,
 | |
|   [AC_LANG_SAVE
 | |
|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 | |
|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([
 | |
|     #include <cassert>
 | |
|     #include <cctype>
 | |
|     #include <cerrno>
 | |
|     #include <cfloat>
 | |
|     #include <ciso646>
 | |
|     #include <climits>
 | |
|     #include <clocale>
 | |
|     #include <cmath>
 | |
|     #include <csetjmp>
 | |
|     #include <csignal>
 | |
|     #include <cstdarg>
 | |
|     #include <cstddef>
 | |
|     #include <cstdio>
 | |
|     #include <cstdlib>
 | |
|     #include <cstring>
 | |
|     #include <ctime>
 | |
| 
 | |
|     #include <algorithm>
 | |
|     #include <bitset>
 | |
|     #include <complex>
 | |
|     #include <deque>
 | |
|     #include <exception>
 | |
|     #include <fstream>
 | |
|     #include <functional>
 | |
|     #include <iomanip>
 | |
|     #include <ios>
 | |
|     #include <iosfwd>
 | |
|     #include <iostream>
 | |
|     #include <istream>
 | |
|     #include <iterator>
 | |
|     #include <limits>
 | |
|     #include <list>
 | |
|     #include <locale>
 | |
|     #include <map>
 | |
|     #include <memory>
 | |
|     #include <new>
 | |
|     #include <numeric>
 | |
|     #include <ostream>
 | |
|     #include <queue>
 | |
|     #include <set>
 | |
|     #include <sstream>
 | |
|     #include <stack>
 | |
|     #include <stdexcept>
 | |
|     #include <streambuf>
 | |
|     #include <string>
 | |
|     #include <typeinfo>
 | |
|     #include <utility>
 | |
|     #include <valarray>
 | |
|     #include <vector>
 | |
|   ],,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_98=yes, ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_98=no)
 | |
|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
 | |
|   ])
 | |
|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_98" = yes; then
 | |
|     AC_DEFINE(STDCXX_98_HEADERS,,[Define if ISO C++ 1998 header files are present. ])
 | |
|   fi
 | |
| ])
 | |
| </programlisting>
 | |
| </section>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <section xml:id="backwards.third.support_tr1"><info><title>
 | |
| Support for C++TR1 dialect.
 | |
| </title></info>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>Check for library coverage of the TR1 standard.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <programlisting>
 | |
| # AC_HEADER_STDCXX_TR1
 | |
| AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_STDCXX_TR1], [
 | |
|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for ISO C++ TR1 include files,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_tr1,
 | |
|   [AC_LANG_SAVE
 | |
|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 | |
|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([
 | |
|   #include <tr1/array>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/ccomplex>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cctype>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cfenv>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cfloat>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cinttypes>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/climits>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cmath>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/complex>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cstdarg>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cstdbool>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cstdint>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cstdio>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cstdlib>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/ctgmath>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/ctime>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cwchar>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/cwctype>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/functional>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/memory>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/random>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/regex>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/tuple>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/type_traits>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/unordered_set>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/unordered_map>
 | |
|   #include <tr1/utility>
 | |
|   ],,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_tr1=yes, ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_tr1=no)
 | |
|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
 | |
|   ])
 | |
|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_tr1" = yes; then
 | |
|     AC_DEFINE(STDCXX_TR1_HEADERS,,[Define if ISO C++ TR1 header files are present. ])
 | |
|   fi
 | |
| ])
 | |
| </programlisting>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>An alternative is to check just for specific TR1 includes, such as <unordered_map> and <unordered_set>.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <programlisting>
 | |
| # AC_HEADER_TR1_UNORDERED_MAP
 | |
| AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_TR1_UNORDERED_MAP], [
 | |
|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for tr1/unordered_map,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_tr1_unordered_map,
 | |
|   [AC_LANG_SAVE
 | |
|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 | |
|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <tr1/unordered_map>], [using std::tr1::unordered_map;],
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_tr1_unordered_map=yes, ac_cv_cxx_tr1_unordered_map=no)
 | |
|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
 | |
|   ])
 | |
|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_tr1_unordered_map" = yes; then
 | |
|     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TR1_UNORDERED_MAP,,[Define if tr1/unordered_map is present. ])
 | |
|   fi
 | |
| ])
 | |
| </programlisting>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <programlisting>
 | |
| # AC_HEADER_TR1_UNORDERED_SET
 | |
| AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_TR1_UNORDERED_SET], [
 | |
|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for tr1/unordered_set,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_tr1_unordered_set,
 | |
|   [AC_LANG_SAVE
 | |
|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 | |
|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <tr1/unordered_set>], [using std::tr1::unordered_set;],
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_tr1_unordered_set=yes, ac_cv_cxx_tr1_unordered_set=no)
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|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
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|   ])
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|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_tr1_unordered_set" = yes; then
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|     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TR1_UNORDERED_SET,,[Define if tr1/unordered_set is present. ])
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|   fi
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| ])
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| </programlisting>
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| </section>
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| 
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| 
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| <section xml:id="backwards.third.support_cxx11"><info><title>
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| Support for C++11 dialect.
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| </title></info>
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| 
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| 
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| <para>Check for baseline language coverage in the compiler for the C++11 standard.
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| </para>
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| 
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| <programlisting>
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| # AC_COMPILE_STDCXX_11
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| AC_DEFUN([AC_COMPILE_STDCXX_11], [
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|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(if g++ supports C++11 features without additional flags,
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|   ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_native,
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|   [AC_LANG_SAVE
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|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
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|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([
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|   template <typename T>
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|     struct check final
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|     {
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|       static constexpr T value{ __cplusplus };
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|     };
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| 
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|     typedef check<check<bool>> right_angle_brackets;
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| 
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|     int a;
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|     decltype(a) b;
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| 
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|     typedef check<int> check_type;
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|     check_type c{};
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|     check_type&& cr = static_cast<check_type&&>(c);
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| 
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|     static_assert(check_type::value == 201103L, "C++11 compiler");],,
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|   ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_native=yes, ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_native=no)
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|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
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|   ])
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| 
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|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(if g++ supports C++11 features with -std=c++11,
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|   ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_cxx,
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|   [AC_LANG_SAVE
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|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
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|   ac_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
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|   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=c++11"
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|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([
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|   template <typename T>
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|     struct check final
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|     {
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|       static constexpr T value{ __cplusplus };
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|     };
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| 
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|     typedef check<check<bool>> right_angle_brackets;
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| 
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|     int a;
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|     decltype(a) b;
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| 
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|     typedef check<int> check_type;
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|     check_type c{};
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|     check_type&& cr = static_cast<check_type&&>(c);
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| 
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|     static_assert(check_type::value == 201103L, "C++11 compiler");],,
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|   ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_cxx=yes, ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_cxx=no)
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|   CXXFLAGS="$ac_save_CXXFLAGS"
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|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
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|   ])
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| 
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|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(if g++ supports C++11 features with -std=gnu++11,
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|   ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_gxx,
 | |
|   [AC_LANG_SAVE
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|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 | |
|   ac_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=gnu++11"
 | |
|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([
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|   template <typename T>
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|     struct check final
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|     {
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|       static constexpr T value{ __cplusplus };
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|     };
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| 
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|     typedef check<check<bool>> right_angle_brackets;
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| 
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|     int a;
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|     decltype(a) b;
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| 
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|     typedef check<int> check_type;
 | |
|     check_type c{};
 | |
|     check_type&& cr = static_cast<check_type&&>(c);
 | |
| 
 | |
|     static_assert(check_type::value == 201103L, "C++11 compiler");],,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_gxx=yes, ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_gxx=no)
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$ac_save_CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
 | |
|   ])
 | |
| 
 | |
|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_native" = yes ||
 | |
|      test "$ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_cxx" = yes ||
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|      test "$ac_cv_cxx_compile_cxx11_gxx" = yes; then
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|     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STDCXX_11,,[Define if g++ supports C++11 features. ])
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|   fi
 | |
| ])
 | |
| </programlisting>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>Check for library coverage of the C++2011 standard.
 | |
|   (Some library headers are commented out in this check, they are
 | |
|   not currently provided by libstdc++).
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <programlisting>
 | |
| # AC_HEADER_STDCXX_11
 | |
| AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_STDCXX_11], [
 | |
|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for ISO C++11 include files,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_11,
 | |
|   [AC_REQUIRE([AC_COMPILE_STDCXX_11])
 | |
|   AC_LANG_SAVE
 | |
|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 | |
|   ac_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=gnu++11"
 | |
| 
 | |
|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([
 | |
|     #include <cassert>
 | |
|     #include <ccomplex>
 | |
|     #include <cctype>
 | |
|     #include <cerrno>
 | |
|     #include <cfenv>
 | |
|     #include <cfloat>
 | |
|     #include <cinttypes>
 | |
|     #include <ciso646>
 | |
|     #include <climits>
 | |
|     #include <clocale>
 | |
|     #include <cmath>
 | |
|     #include <csetjmp>
 | |
|     #include <csignal>
 | |
|     #include <cstdalign>
 | |
|     #include <cstdarg>
 | |
|     #include <cstdbool>
 | |
|     #include <cstddef>
 | |
|     #include <cstdint>
 | |
|     #include <cstdio>
 | |
|     #include <cstdlib>
 | |
|     #include <cstring>
 | |
|     #include <ctgmath>
 | |
|     #include <ctime>
 | |
|     // #include <cuchar>
 | |
|     #include <cwchar>
 | |
|     #include <cwctype>
 | |
| 
 | |
|     #include <algorithm>
 | |
|     #include <array>
 | |
|     #include <atomic>
 | |
|     #include <bitset>
 | |
|     #include <chrono>
 | |
|     // #include <codecvt>
 | |
|     #include <complex>
 | |
|     #include <condition_variable>
 | |
|     #include <deque>
 | |
|     #include <exception>
 | |
|     #include <forward_list>
 | |
|     #include <fstream>
 | |
|     #include <functional>
 | |
|     #include <future>
 | |
|     #include <initializer_list>
 | |
|     #include <iomanip>
 | |
|     #include <ios>
 | |
|     #include <iosfwd>
 | |
|     #include <iostream>
 | |
|     #include <istream>
 | |
|     #include <iterator>
 | |
|     #include <limits>
 | |
|     #include <list>
 | |
|     #include <locale>
 | |
|     #include <map>
 | |
|     #include <memory>
 | |
|     #include <mutex>
 | |
|     #include <new>
 | |
|     #include <numeric>
 | |
|     #include <ostream>
 | |
|     #include <queue>
 | |
|     #include <random>
 | |
|     #include <ratio>
 | |
|     #include <regex>
 | |
|     #include <scoped_allocator>
 | |
|     #include <set>
 | |
|     #include <sstream>
 | |
|     #include <stack>
 | |
|     #include <stdexcept>
 | |
|     #include <streambuf>
 | |
|     #include <string>
 | |
|     #include <system_error>
 | |
|     #include <thread>
 | |
|     #include <tuple>
 | |
|     #include <typeindex>
 | |
|     #include <typeinfo>
 | |
|     #include <type_traits>
 | |
|     #include <unordered_map>
 | |
|     #include <unordered_set>
 | |
|     #include <utility>
 | |
|     #include <valarray>
 | |
|     #include <vector>
 | |
|   ],,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_11=yes, ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_11=no)
 | |
|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$ac_save_CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   ])
 | |
|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_stdcxx_11" = yes; then
 | |
|     AC_DEFINE(STDCXX_11_HEADERS,,[Define if ISO C++11 header files are present. ])
 | |
|   fi
 | |
| ])
 | |
| </programlisting>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>As is the case for TR1 support, these autoconf macros can be made for a finer-grained, per-header-file check. For
 | |
| <filename class="headerfile"><unordered_map></filename>
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <programlisting>
 | |
| # AC_HEADER_UNORDERED_MAP
 | |
| AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_UNORDERED_MAP], [
 | |
|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for unordered_map,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_unordered_map,
 | |
|   [AC_REQUIRE([AC_COMPILE_STDCXX_11])
 | |
|   AC_LANG_SAVE
 | |
|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 | |
|   ac_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=gnu++11"
 | |
|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <unordered_map>], [using std::unordered_map;],
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_unordered_map=yes, ac_cv_cxx_unordered_map=no)
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$ac_save_CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
 | |
|   ])
 | |
|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_unordered_map" = yes; then
 | |
|     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UNORDERED_MAP,,[Define if unordered_map is present. ])
 | |
|   fi
 | |
| ])
 | |
| </programlisting>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <programlisting>
 | |
| # AC_HEADER_UNORDERED_SET
 | |
| AC_DEFUN([AC_HEADER_UNORDERED_SET], [
 | |
|   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for unordered_set,
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_unordered_set,
 | |
|   [AC_REQUIRE([AC_COMPILE_STDCXX_11])
 | |
|   AC_LANG_SAVE
 | |
|   AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 | |
|   ac_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=gnu++11"
 | |
|   AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <unordered_set>], [using std::unordered_set;],
 | |
|   ac_cv_cxx_unordered_set=yes, ac_cv_cxx_unordered_set=no)
 | |
|   CXXFLAGS="$ac_save_CXXFLAGS"
 | |
|   AC_LANG_RESTORE
 | |
|   ])
 | |
|   if test "$ac_cv_cxx_unordered_set" = yes; then
 | |
|     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UNORDERED_SET,,[Define if unordered_set is present. ])
 | |
|   fi
 | |
| ])
 | |
| </programlisting>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>
 | |
|   Some C++11 features first appeared in GCC 4.3 and could be enabled by
 | |
|   <option>-std=c++0x</option> and <option>-std=gnu++0x</option> for GCC
 | |
|   releases which pre-date the 2011 standard. Those C++11 features and GCC's
 | |
|   support for them were still changing until the 2011 standard was finished,
 | |
|   but the autoconf checks above could be extended to test for incomplete
 | |
|   C++11 support with <option>-std=c++0x</option> and
 | |
|   <option>-std=gnu++0x</option>.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| 
 | |
| </section>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <section xml:id="backwards.third.iterator_type"><info><title>
 | |
|   <code>Container::iterator_type</code> is not necessarily <code>Container::value_type*</code>
 | |
| </title></info>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
| <para>
 | |
|   This is a change in behavior from older versions. Now, most
 | |
|   <type>iterator_type</type> typedefs in container classes are POD
 | |
|   objects, not <type>value_type</type> pointers.
 | |
| </para>
 | |
| </section>
 | |
| 
 | |
| </section>
 | |
| 
 | |
| <bibliography xml:id="backwards.biblio"><info><title>Bibliography</title></info>
 | |
| 
 | |
| 
 | |
|   <biblioentry>
 | |
|       <title>
 | |
| 	<link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
 | |
| 	      xlink:href="http://www.kegel.com/gcc/gcc4.html">
 | |
|       Migrating to GCC 4.1
 | |
| 	</link>
 | |
|       </title>
 | |
| 
 | |
|     <author><personname><firstname>Dan</firstname><surname>Kegel</surname></personname></author>
 | |
|   </biblioentry>
 | |
| 
 | |
|   <biblioentry>
 | |
|       <title>
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| 	<link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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| 	      xlink:href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-gcc/2006/03/msg00405.html">
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|       Building the Whole Debian Archive with GCC 4.1: A Summary
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| 	</link>
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|       </title>
 | |
|     <author><personname><firstname>Martin</firstname><surname>Michlmayr</surname></personname></author>
 | |
|   </biblioentry>
 | |
| 
 | |
|   <biblioentry>
 | |
|       <title>
 | |
| 	<link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
 | |
| 	      xlink:href="http://annwm.lbl.gov/~leggett/Atlas/gcc-3.2.html">
 | |
|       Migration guide for GCC-3.2
 | |
| 	</link>
 | |
|       </title>
 | |
| 
 | |
|   </biblioentry>
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| 
 | |
| </bibliography>
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| 
 | |
| </section>
 |