On Sat, 2 Dec 2023 at 03:49, Mayuresh <mayur...@acm.org> wrote: > > I am using gcc 12.1 on NetBSD 9.3 amd64 in a c++ application that complies > using standard std20. > > There is this c++ standard library class ifstream. Using method > ifstream::open files are opened. > > So far I was under an impression that on BSDs / Linux / Unix like systems > there is no need to explicitly pass the "b" option ( ifstream::binary in > case of above API ) and that such option is required only on DOS / Windows > systems. > > But I found that without this option, on above setup, the things were not > working (weird results you'd expect with implicit character conversions). > Using above option solves the problem. > > On NetBSD, the fopen man page clearly says 'b' is ignored. So wonder if > gcc layer introduces the need to use it in above usage pattern. > > A bit surprised by this behavior. Comments please.
Could something in the c++ library be assuming UTF-8 for non binary files? David
