attempting to create a std::string of size 65535 or greater fails with
Perennial CPPVS V8.1
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Key: STDCXX-1057
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STDCXX-1057
Project: C++ Standard Library
Issue Type: Bug
Components: 21. Strings
Affects Versions: 4.2.1, 4.2.x, 4.3.x, 5.0.0
Environment: Solaris 10 and 11, RedHat Linux, OpenSuSE Linux
SUN C++ Compilers 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Defect is independent of compiler and platform
Reporter: Stefan Teleman
Fix For: 4.2.x, 4.3.x, 5.0.0
in member function:
size_type basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Allocator>::max_size();
the maximum size of a basic_string is restricted to less than 65535 bytes.
The Standard is ambiguous as to what the max_size() of a std::string should
actually be (see LWG Core Issue 197). However, less than 65535 bytes for
the max_size of a std::string is rather small. GNU libstdc++ and stlport4
set std::string::max_size to (SIZE_MAX / 4) (i.e. 1GB). Solaris sets it
to SIZE_MAX.
Perennial CPPVS explicitly tests for the creation of a std::string of size
greater than 65535. In the current stdcxx implementation, this test fails.
The max_size of a std::string should be significantly greater than 65535 bytes.
Patch for 4.2.1 to follow shortly.
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