http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46906
--- Comment #2 from Marc Glisse <marc.glisse at normalesup dot org> 2010-12-12 18:01:41 UTC --- (In reply to comment #1) > Yes, this is an old issue, Oups, sorry, I am not very good at finding old issues in bugzilla... > as you noticed already other implementations also > decided that performance issue may take precedence here. After so many years > with this scheme, I honestly don't think we want to change this before > breaking > the ABI. Ok, part of my bugreport was to get confirmation that it was indeed a bug (streams can be confusing at times). I understand from your comment that you intend to fix it when the ABI is broken for C++0x, which is good enough for me. Thanks.
