>From: Farid Zaripov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>Subject: [PATCH] punct.cpp
>
>  The 22.locale.num.put.stdcxx-2 regression test fails on gcc/Linux
>(and I suppose that fails on every compiler on non-Windows platform).
>
>  The fail is caused when precision is 0, and in this case the 
>precision
>is not used in sprintf() format string generated by
>__rw_get_stdio_fmat().
>As a result the default precision equal to 6 is used.
>
>  As I understand the lwg issue 231 resolution, the precision should be
>used always for conversions from a floating-point type:
>
>22.2.2.2.2 p5
>"For conversion from a floating-point type, str .precision() is
>specified in the conversion specification."
>
>  The proposed patch below:
>
>Index: src/punct.cpp
>===================================================================
>--- src/punct.cpp      (revision 631177)
>+++ src/punct.cpp      (working copy)
>@@ -619,9 +619,7 @@
>         const int fltfld = fmtflags & _RWSTD_IOS_FLOATFIELD;
> 
>         // follows resolution of lwg issue 231
>-        if (   (   _RWSTD_IOS_FIXED      == fltfld
>-                || _RWSTD_IOS_SCIENTIFIC == fltfld)
>-            && prec >= 0 || prec > 0) {
>+        if (0 <= prec) {
> 
>             // 7.19.6.1, p5 of C99 specifies that, when given 
>using the
>             // asterisk, negative precision is treated the same as if
>
>Farid.
>

I haven't tested your patch, but it looks like it is consistent with the
resolution of WG231.

Travis

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