Hi! Because of LWG 467, std::char_traits<char>::lt compares the values cast to unsigned char rather than char, so even when char is signed we get unsigned comparision. std::char_traits<char>::compare uses __builtin_memcmp and that works the same, but during constexpr evaluation we were calling __gnu_cxx::char_traits<char_type>::compare. As char_traits::lt is not virtual, __gnu_cxx::char_traits<char_type>::compare used __gnu_cxx::char_traits<char_type>::lt rather than std::char_traits<char>::lt and thus compared chars as signed if char is signed. This change fixes it by inlining __gnu_cxx::char_traits<char_type>::compare into std::char_traits<char>::compare by hand, so that it calls the right lt method.
Bootstrapped/regtested on x86_64-linux and i686-linux, acked in the PR by Jonathan, committed to trunk. 2021-02-23 Jakub Jelinek <ja...@redhat.com> PR libstdc++/99181 * include/bits/char_traits.h (char_traits<char>::compare): For constexpr evaluation don't call __gnu_cxx::char_traits<char_type>::compare but do the comparison loop directly. * testsuite/21_strings/char_traits/requirements/char/99181.cc: New test. --- libstdc++-v3/include/bits/char_traits.h.jj 2021-01-04 10:26:03.558953845 +0100 +++ libstdc++-v3/include/bits/char_traits.h 2021-02-22 15:20:50.822160989 +0100 @@ -349,7 +349,14 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION if (__builtin_constant_p(__n) && __constant_char_array_p(__s1, __n) && __constant_char_array_p(__s2, __n)) - return __gnu_cxx::char_traits<char_type>::compare(__s1, __s2, __n); + { + for (size_t __i = 0; __i < __n; ++__i) + if (lt(__s1[__i], __s2[__i])) + return -1; + else if (lt(__s2[__i], __s1[__i])) + return 1; + return 0; + } #endif return __builtin_memcmp(__s1, __s2, __n); } --- libstdc++-v3/testsuite/21_strings/char_traits/requirements/char/99181.cc.jj 2021-02-22 14:59:56.414144985 +0100 +++ libstdc++-v3/testsuite/21_strings/char_traits/requirements/char/99181.cc 2021-02-22 15:19:41.398938812 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +// { dg-options "-std=gnu++17" } +// { dg-do run { target c++17 } } + +// Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +// +// This file is part of the GNU ISO C++ Library. This library is free +// software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the +// terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the +// Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) +// any later version. + +// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +// GNU General Public License for more details. + +// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along +// with this library; see the file COPYING3. If not see +// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +#include <string> +#include <testsuite_hooks.h> + +void test01() +{ + const char *a = "\x7f"; + const char *b = "\x80"; + int c = std::char_traits<char>::compare(a, b, 2); + constexpr int d = std::char_traits<char>::compare("\x7f", "\x80", 2); + + VERIFY( c && (c < 0) == (static_cast<unsigned char>(a[0]) + < static_cast<unsigned char>(b[0])) ); + VERIFY( d && (c < 0) == (d < 0) ); +} + +int main() +{ + test01(); + return 0; +} Jakub