| 2001-12-18 |
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| Release Notes |
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| The Standard C++ Library v3, or libstdc++-2.9x, is an ongoing project |
| to fully implement the ISO 14882 Standard C++ library as described in |
| chapters 17 through 27 and annex D. |
| |
| This is the twelfth snapshot of the libstdc++ rewrite. It is still |
| has some incomplet and incorrekt parts, but it's a lot less incomplete |
| and incorrect than some of the earlier snapshots, and quite usable. |
| |
| The Standard C++ Library v3, or libstdc++-2.9x, follows an open |
| development model, attempting to be fully buzzword, bazaar, and GNU |
| compliant. Full details on participating, including contributor |
| guidelines, mailing list subscription, mailing list archives, |
| up-to-date documentation, and various and sundry other details can be |
| found at the following URL: |
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| http://gcc.gnu.org/libstdc++/ |
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| New: |
| --- |
| - add S390, m68k, x86-64 support. |
| - doxygen documentation has been extended, including man pages. |
| - verbose terminate handling has been added. |
| - some libsupc++ tweaks |
| - warnings for deprecated headers now active. |
| - dejagnu testsuite preliminary documentation. |
| - dejagnu testsuite default. |
| - dejagnu testsuite cross compiler, multilib safe. |
| - long long iostreams on by default, rework of ISO C99 support. |
| - iterator re-write and testsuites. |
| - container testsuites. |
| - allocator revamp and testsuites. |
| - more concept-checking work. |
| - basic_string optimization and MT fixes. |
| - new limits implementation. |
| - update -fno-exceptions code, verify it works. |
| - full named locale support fpr all facets, choice of gnu, |
| ieee_1003.1-200x (POSIX 2), or generic models. Full support depends |
| on target OS and underlying "C" library support. |
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| Bugs fixed: |
| ----------- |
| 2964, 2627, 2523, 2832, 2830, 2931, 2985, 2970, 2997, 2976, 3016, |
| 3018, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3017, 3045, 3082, 2767, 2989, 2992, 3113, |
| 3114, 2346, 3126, 3139, 3140, 3141, 3142, 2071, 3377, 3272, 2211, |
| 3284, 3599, 3988, 3349, 3740, 4143, 4536, 4545, 4542, 4503, 3647, |
| 4354, 4622, 4749, 3666, 4219, 4548, 3655, 3150, 4402, 282, 3720, |
| 5037, 5054, 3679, 5136, others. |
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| What doesn't: |
| ------------- |
| - see BUGS. |
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| Build and Install |
| ----------------- |
| Up to date build and install directions can be found at: |
| http://gcc.gnu.org/libstdc++/install.html |
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| Contact: |
| -------- |
| Places have changed from previous snapshots. The web page, which has |
| information about joining the mailing list and searching its archives, |
| CVS access, and contribution information is now at: |
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| http://gcc.gnu.org/libstdc++/ |
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| Please note that the mailing list has moved, and is now hosted on |
| gcc.gnu.org. (The web site above has the most up-to-date info.) |
| |
| Obtain the library snapshot via ftp (including these release notes) from |
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| ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/libstdc++/ |
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| The library is maintained by Benjamin Kosnik, Gabriel |
| Dos Reis, Phil Edwards, and Ulrich Drepper. |
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| Development tools: |
| ------------------ |
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| You will need a recent version of gcc to compile the snapshot of |
| libstdc++. The use of CVS gcc, or gcc-3_0-branch is strongly |
| recommended, which may introduce additional dependencies for |
| up-to-date binutils. In addition, you may need up-to-date tools for |
| modifying Makefiles and regenerating configure scripts: automake |
| (version 1.4), autoconf (version 2.13 and higher), and libtool. |
