------- Comment #10 from paolo dot carlini at oracle dot com 2008-11-01 12:36
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(In reply to comment #9)
> Declaration
>
> bool __testeof = __beg == __end;
>
> in the patched code means, that implementation always compares (in == end) at
> start, even when input and target sequences are empty (""). In that case, err
> will be set to failbit, which conforms to the example in the standard:
>
> "For empty targets (""), any input sequence yields err == str.failbit"
>
> But input sequence should not be read at all in this case, so comparision (in
> == end) should not be performed!
Ok, I'll special case this, but please let's stop the nitpicking here.
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