http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51881
Bug #: 51881 Summary: istream_iterator copy leads to incorrect value read Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.4.4 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: libstdc++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: roncar...@lavabit.com Created attachment 26350 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=26350 program that shows incorrect behaviour ================================================================= gcc version 4.4.4 20100726 (Red Hat 4.4.4-13) (GCC) ================================================================= Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 27 19:49:27 BST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ================================================================= Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-redhat-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla --enable-bootstrap --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --disable-libjava-multilib --with-ppl --with-cloog --with-tune=generic --with-arch_32=i686 --build=x86_64-redhat-linux Thread model: posix ================================================================= g++ main.cc -g --save-temps -Wall ================================================================= expected behaviour: we have a collection of classes: each class contains a vector of values (i.e. int). We want to read the class from a stream that contains a class for each line. i.e: reading a stream that contains this: 1 2 3\n4 5 6 would get an array with two instances of the class: one with the array {1 2 3} the other with the array {4 5 6} using istream_iterator<T> in a for loop with prefix increment works correctly ================================================================= actual behavior: using istream_iterator<T> in a for loop with postfix increment (or with std::copy and a back_inserter) does not work correctly: the first instance of the class has values {1 2 3} the second {1 2 3 4 5 6} >From my analysis this seams to stem from a copy of istream_iterator<T> that contains an instance of T inside std::copy Since stream_iterator.h _M_read() works on this copy (_M_value) the second application of operator >> () simply append 4 5 6 to the values already present.