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2002-03-04 Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@gcc.gnu.org>
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diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog index 602ebb1b6d5..aff975de1fc 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog +++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2002-03-04 Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@gcc.gnu.org> + + * docs/html/17_intro/porting-howto.xml: Refer to + http://www.oasis-open.org for docbookx.dtd. + * docs/html/17_intro/porting-howto.html: Regenerated. + 2002-03-03 Phil Edwards <pme@gcc.gnu.org> PR libstdc++/3955 diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/17_intro/porting-howto.html b/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/17_intro/porting-howto.html index c9a45c3bbfc..8e8ca99c46f 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/17_intro/porting-howto.html +++ b/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/17_intro/porting-howto.html @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title>Libstdc++-porting-howto</title> -<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.29"> +<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.48"> </head> -<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="libstdc++-porting-howto" class="article"> +<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="article"> <div class="titlepage"> <div><h1 class="title"> <a name="libstdc++-porting-howto"></a>Libstdc++-porting-howto</h1></div> @@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ </td></tr> </table></div></div> <div><div class="abstract"> -<p> -<a name="id2697062"></a><b>Abstract</b> -</p> +<p><b>Abstract</b></p> <p> Some notes on porting applications from libstdc++-2.90 (or earlier versions) to libstdc++-v3. Not speaking in terms of the GNU libstdc++ @@ -102,8 +100,8 @@ <dt>1. <a href="#sec-nsstd">Namespace std::</a> </dt> <dd><dl> -<dt>1.1.1. <a href="#sec-gtkmm-hack">Using <i>namespace - composition</i> if the project uses a separate +<dt>1.1.1. <a href="#sec-gtkmm-hack">Using namespace + composition if the project uses a separate namespace</a> </dt> <dt>1.1.2. <a href="#sec-emptyns">Defining an empty namespace std</a> @@ -118,8 +116,8 @@ <dt>2. <a href="#sec-nocreate">there is no ios::nocreate/ios::noreplace in ISO 14882</a> </dt> -<dt>3. <a href="#sec-stream::attach"><b>stream::attach(int - fd)</b> is not in the standard any more</a> +<dt>3. <a href="#sec-stream::attach">stream::attach(int + fd) is not in the standard any more</a> </dt> <dt>4. <a href="#sec-headers">The new headers</a> </dt> @@ -127,16 +125,16 @@ <dt>4.4.1. <a href="#sec-cheaders">New headers replacing C-headers</a> </dt> <dt>4.4.2. <a href="#sec-fstream-header"> - <tt><fstream></tt> does - not define <b>std::cout</b>, - <b>std::cin</b> etc.</a> + <fstream> does + not define std::cout, + std::cin etc.</a> </dt> </dl></dd> <dt>5. <a href="#sec-iterators">Iterators</a> </dt> <dt>6. <a href="#sec-macros"> - Libc-macros (i.e. <b>isspace</b> from - <tt><cctype></tt>)</a> + Libc-macros (i.e. isspace from + <cctype>)</a> </dt> <dt>7. <a href="#sec-stream-state">State of streams</a> </dt> @@ -161,29 +159,25 @@ libstdc++-implementations". </p> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-nsstd"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-nsstd"></a><span class="label">1.</span> <span class="title">Namespace std::</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-nsstd"></a>Namespace std::</h2></div></div> <p> The latest C++-standard (ISO-14882) requires that the standard C++-library is defined in namespace std::. Thus, in order to use classes from the standard C++-library, you can do one of three things: - <div class="itemizedlist"><ul> -<li><p> -<a name="id2697113"></a>wrap your code in <b>namespace std { + <div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"> +<li><p>wrap your code in <b>namespace std { ... }</b> => This is not an option because only symbols from the standard c++-library are defined in namespace std::. </p></li> -<li><p> -<a name="id2697126"></a>put a kind of - <i>using-declaration</i> in your source (either +<li><p>put a kind of + <span class="emphasis"><i>using-declaration</i></span> in your source (either <b>using namespace std;</b> or i.e. <b>using std::string;</b>) => works well for source-files, but cannot be used in header-files. </p></li> -<li><p> -<a name="id2697047"></a>use a <i>fully qualified name</i> for +<li><p>use a <span class="emphasis"><i>fully qualified name</i></span> for each libstdc++-symbol (i.e. <b>std::string</b>, <b>std::cout</b>) => can always be used </p></li> @@ -210,17 +204,16 @@ that cannot ignore std::. </p> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-gtkmm-hack"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> -<a name="sec-gtkmm-hack"></a><span class="label">1.1.1.</span> <span class="title">Using <i>namespace - composition</i> if the project uses a separate - namespace</span> -</h3></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> +<a name="sec-gtkmm-hack"></a>Using <span class="emphasis"><i>namespace + composition</i></span> if the project uses a separate + namespace</h3></div></div> <p> <a href="http://gtkmm.sourceforge.net" target="_top">Gtk--</a> defines most of its classes in namespace Gtk::. Thus, it was possible to adapt Gtk-- to namespace std:: by using a C++-feature called - <i>namespace composition</i>. This is what happens if - you put a <i>using</i>-declaration into a + <span class="emphasis"><i>namespace composition</i></span>. This is what happens if + you put a <span class="emphasis"><i>using</i></span>-declaration into a namespace-definition: the imported symbol(s) gets imported into the currently active namespace(s). For example: <pre class="programlisting"> @@ -245,9 +238,8 @@ </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-emptyns"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> -<a name="sec-emptyns"></a><span class="label">1.1.2.</span> <span class="title">Defining an empty namespace std</span> -</h3></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> +<a name="sec-emptyns"></a>Defining an empty namespace std</h3></div></div> <p> By defining an (empty) namespace <b>std::</b> before using it, you avoid getting errors on systems where no part of the @@ -259,18 +251,16 @@ </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-avoidfqn"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> -<a name="sec-avoidfqn"></a><span class="label">1.1.3.</span> <span class="title">Avoid to use fully qualified names - (i.e. std::string)</span> -</h3></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> +<a name="sec-avoidfqn"></a>Avoid to use fully qualified names + (i.e. std::string)</h3></div></div> <p> If some compilers complain about <b>using std::string;</b>, and if the "hack" for gtk-- mentioned above does not work, then I see two solutions: - <div class="itemizedlist"><ul> + <div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"> <li><p> -<a name="id2698648"></a> Define <b>std::</b> as a macro if the compiler doesn't know about <b>std::</b>. <pre class="programlisting"> @@ -282,7 +272,6 @@ gnu.gcc.help) </p></li> <li><p> -<a name="id2698680"></a> Define a macro NS_STD, which is defined to either "" or "std" based on an autoconf-test. Then you should be able to use @@ -295,18 +284,15 @@ </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-osprojects"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> -<a name="sec-osprojects"></a><span class="label">1.1.4.</span> <span class="title">How some open-source-projects deal - with this</span> -</h3></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> +<a name="sec-osprojects"></a>How some open-source-projects deal + with this</h3></div></div> <p> This information was gathered around May 2000. It may not be correct by the time you read this. </p> <div class="table"> -<p> -<a name="id2698746"></a><b>Table 1. Namespace std:: in Open-Source programs</b> -</p> +<p><b>Table 1. Namespace std:: in Open-Source programs</b></p> <table summary="Namespace std:: in Open-Source programs" border="1"> <colgroup> <col> @@ -338,9 +324,7 @@ </table> </div> <div class="table"> -<p> -<a name="id2698876"></a><b>Table 2. Notations for categories</b> -</p> +<p><b>Table 2. Notations for categories</b></p> <table summary="Notations for categories" border="1"> <colgroup> <col> @@ -368,15 +352,16 @@ <p> As you can see, this currently lacks an example of a project which uses libstdc++-symbols in headers in a back-portable way - (except for Gtk--: see the <a href="#sec-gtkmm-hack">section on the gtkmm-hack</a>). + (except for Gtk--: see the <a href="#sec-gtkmm-hack" title="Using namespace + composition if the project uses a separate + namespace">section on the gtkmm-hack</a>). </p> </div> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-nocreate"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-nocreate"></a><span class="label">2.</span> <span class="title">there is no ios::nocreate/ios::noreplace - in ISO 14882</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-nocreate"></a>there is no ios::nocreate/ios::noreplace + in ISO 14882</h2></div></div> <p> I have seen <b>ios::nocreate</b> being used for input-streams, most probably because the author thought it would be @@ -394,10 +379,9 @@ </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-stream::attach"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-stream::attach"></a><span class="label">3.</span> <span class="title"><b>stream::attach(int - fd)</b> is not in the standard any more</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-stream::attach"></a><b>stream::attach(int + fd)</b> is not in the standard any more</h2></div></div> <p> Phil Edwards <tt><<a href="mailto:pedwards@disaster.jaj.com">pedwards@disaster.jaj.com</a>></tt> writes: It was considered and rejected. Not all environments use file @@ -406,16 +390,14 @@ </p> <p> When using libstdc++-v3, you can use - <div class="funcsynopsis" id="id2692860"> -<p> -<a name="id2692860"></a><pre class="funcsynopsisinfo"> + <div class="funcsynopsis"> +<pre class="funcsynopsisinfo"> #include <fstream> </pre> <p><code><code class="funcdef"> <b class="fsfunc">basic_filebuf<...>::basic_filebuf<...> </b> </code>(<var class="pdparam">file</var>, <var class="pdparam">mode</var>, <var class="pdparam">size</var>);<br>__c_file_type* <var class="pdparam">file</var>;<br>ios_base::open_mode <var class="pdparam">mode</var>;<br>int <var class="pdparam">size</var>;</code></p> -<p> </div> but the the signature of this constructor has changed often, and it might change again. For the current state of this, check @@ -427,13 +409,14 @@ <b>std::streambuf</b> (or <b>std::basic_streambuf<..></b>) which opens a file given a descriptor, and then pass an instance of this to the - stream-constructor (from the Josuttis-book). + stream-constructor. For an example of this, refer to + <a href="http://www.josuttis.com/cppcode/fdstream.html" target="_top">fdstream example</a> + by Nicolai Josuttis. </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-headers"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-headers"></a><span class="label">4.</span> <span class="title">The new headers</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-headers"></a>The new headers</h2></div></div> <p> All new headers can be seen in this <a href="headers_cc.txt" target="_top"> source-code</a>. @@ -443,9 +426,8 @@ a warning that you are using deprecated headers. </p> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-cheaders"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> -<a name="sec-cheaders"></a><span class="label">4.4.1.</span> <span class="title">New headers replacing C-headers</span> -</h3></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> +<a name="sec-cheaders"></a>New headers replacing C-headers</h3></div></div> <p> You should not use the C-headers (except for system-level headers) from C++ programs. Instead, you should use a set of @@ -474,12 +456,11 @@ </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-fstream-header"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> -<a name="sec-fstream-header"></a><span class="label">4.4.2.</span> <span class="title"> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"> +<a name="sec-fstream-header"></a> <tt><fstream></tt> does not define <b>std::cout</b>, - <b>std::cin</b> etc.</span> -</h3></div></div> + <b>std::cin</b> etc.</h3></div></div> <p> In earlier versions of the standard, <tt><fstream.h></tt>, @@ -494,42 +475,38 @@ </div> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-iterators"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-iterators"></a><span class="label">5.</span> <span class="title">Iterators</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-iterators"></a>Iterators</h2></div></div> <p> The following are not proper uses of iterators, but may be working fixes for existing uses of iterators. - <div class="itemizedlist"><ul> -<li><p> -<a name="id2693156"></a>you cannot do + <div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"> +<li><p>you cannot do <b>ostream::operator<<(iterator)</b> to print the address of the iterator => use <b>operator<< &*iterator</b> instead ? </p></li> -<li><p> -<a name="id2693255"></a>you cannot clear an iterator's reference +<li><p>you cannot clear an iterator's reference (<b>iterator = 0</b>) => use <b>iterator = iterator_type();</b> ? </p></li> <li><p> -<a name="id2693277"></a><b>if (iterator)</b> won't work any +<b>if (iterator)</b> won't work any more => use <b>if (iterator != iterator_type())</b> ?</p></li> </ul></div> </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-macros"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-macros"></a><span class="label">6.</span> <span class="title"> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-macros"></a> Libc-macros (i.e. <b>isspace</b> from - <tt><cctype></tt>)</span> -</h2></div></div> + <tt><cctype></tt>)</h2></div></div> <p> Glibc 2.0.x and 2.1.x define the <tt><ctype.h></tt> -functionality as macros (isspace, isalpha etc.). Libstdc++-v3 - "shadows" these macros as described in the <a href="#sec-cheaders">section about + "shadows" these macros as described in the <a href="#sec-cheaders" title="New headers replacing C-headers">section about c-headers</a>. </p> <p> @@ -577,18 +554,17 @@ The solution to this problem was posted to the libstdc++-v3 mailing-list: Benjamin Kosnik <tt><<a href="mailto:bkoz@redhat.com">bkoz@redhat.com</a>></tt> writes: - ` + ‘ --enable-cshadow-headers is currently broken. As a result, shadow headers are not being searched.... - ' + ’ This is now outdated, but gcc 3.0 still does not have fully compliant "shadow headers". </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-stream-state"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-stream-state"></a><span class="label">7.</span> <span class="title">State of streams</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-stream-state"></a>State of streams</h2></div></div> <p> At least some older implementations don't have <b>std::ios_base</b>, so you should use @@ -598,9 +574,8 @@ </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-vector-at"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-vector-at"></a><span class="label">8.</span> <span class="title">vector::at is missing (i.e. gcc 2.95.x)</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-vector-at"></a>vector::at is missing (i.e. gcc 2.95.x)</h2></div></div> <p> One solution is to add an autoconf-test for this: <pre class="programlisting"> @@ -630,9 +605,8 @@ </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-eof"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-eof"></a><span class="label">9.</span> <span class="title">Using std::char_traits<char>::eof()</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-eof"></a>Using std::char_traits<char>::eof()</h2></div></div> <p> <pre class="programlisting"> #ifdef HAVE_CHAR_TRAITS @@ -644,9 +618,8 @@ </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-string-clear"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-string-clear"></a><span class="label">10.</span> <span class="title">Using string::clear()/string::erase()</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-string-clear"></a>Using string::clear()/string::erase()</h2></div></div> <p> There are two functions for deleting the contents of a string: <b>clear</b> and <b>erase</b> (the latter @@ -671,19 +644,17 @@ </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-scan-form"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-scan-form"></a><span class="label">11.</span> <span class="title">GNU Extensions ostream::form and istream::scan</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-scan-form"></a>GNU Extensions ostream::form and istream::scan</h2></div></div> <p> These are not supported any more - use - <a href="#sec-stringstream"> + <a href="#sec-stringstream" title="Using stringstreams"> stringstreams</a> instead. </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-stringstream"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-stringstream"></a><span class="label">12.</span> <span class="title">Using stringstreams</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-stringstream"></a>Using stringstreams</h2></div></div> <p> Libstdc++-v3 provides the new <b>i/ostringstream</b>-classes, (<tt><sstream></tt>), but for compatibility @@ -696,22 +667,18 @@ #include <strstream> #endif </pre> - <div class="itemizedlist"><ul> -<li><p> -<a name="id2693683"></a> <b>strstream</b> is considered to be + <div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"> +<li><p> <b>strstream</b> is considered to be deprecated </p></li> -<li><p> -<a name="id2693629"></a> <b>strstream</b> is limited to +<li><p> <b>strstream</b> is limited to <b>char</b> </p></li> -<li><p> -<a name="id2693718"></a> with <b>ostringstream</b> you don't +<li><p> with <b>ostringstream</b> you don't have to take care of terminating the string or freeing its memory </p></li> -<li><p> -<a name="id2693735"></a> <b>istringstream</b> can be re-filled +<li><p> <b>istringstream</b> can be re-filled (clear(); str(input);) </p></li> </ul></div> @@ -789,9 +756,8 @@ </p> </div> <div class="section"> -<a name="sec-about"></a><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: all"> -<a name="sec-about"></a><span class="label">13.</span> <span class="title">About...</span> -</h2></div></div> +<div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="sec-about"></a>About...</h2></div></div> <p> Please send any experience, additions, corrections or questions to <a href="mailto:fnatter@gmx.net" target="_top">fnatter@gmx.net</a> or for diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/17_intro/porting-howto.xml b/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/17_intro/porting-howto.xml index 946dd18ae6a..e146b871d77 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/17_intro/porting-howto.xml +++ b/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/17_intro/porting-howto.xml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1//EN" - "dtd/docbook-4/docbookx.dtd"> + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.0/docbookx.dtd"> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="docbook-xslt/docbook/html/docbook.xsl"?> |