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Martin Sebor commented on STDCXX-206:
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See the following posts for background:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-stdcxx-dev/200606.mbox/%3c4499F98E.60505@roguewave.com%3e
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-stdcxx-dev/200606.mbox/%3c449C4A43.4060402@roguewave.com%3e

> lib.string.io operator <<  doesn't call width (0) if  ios_base::failure exception occurred
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: STDCXX-206
>          URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STDCXX-206
>      Project: C++ Standard Library
>         Type: Bug

>   Components: 21. Strings
>     Versions: 4.1.3
>  Environment: all
>     Reporter: Anton Pevtsov
>     Assignee: Martin Sebor
>     Priority: Minor

>
> The following test fails:
> #include <iostream>
> #include <strstream>
> #include <string>
> #include <cassert>
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
>     std::string str ("abcdefghijk");
>     char buf[10];
>     std::ostrstream os (buf, sizeof(buf));
>     const std::streamsize width = 2;
>     os.width (width);
>     os.exceptions (std::ios_base::failbit | std::ios_base::badbit);
>     try {
>         os << str;
>     }
>     catch (std::ios_base::failure&) {
>     }
>     assert (0 == os.width ());
>     return 0;
> }

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