------- Comment #3 from pcarlini at suse dot de 2007-02-06 19:32 ------- I cannot reproduce the issue on official FSF compiler more recent than gcc4.0.0 (note that vendor releases are not supported here, sorry). In fact, since that release we are implementing the resolution of DR 409:
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/lwg-defects.html#409 which implies that an user-code clear after a failed open is not necessary anymore. Also note that, in general, if you are not sure about the implementation of DR 409 in a given library, portable code should always call clear after a failed open (of course, constructing a new fstream, as per your Try 2, always works). -- pcarlini at suse dot de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Component|c++ |libstdc++ Resolution| |INVALID http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30711
