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### 1227. `<bitset>` synopsis overspecified

Section: 20.9.2 [template.bitset] Status: C++11 Submitter: Bo Persson Opened: 2009-10-05 Last modified: 2016-01-28

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

The resolutions to some library defect reports, like 1178 requires that `#includes` in each synopsis should be taken literally. This means that the `<bitset>` header now must include `<stdexcept>`, even though none of the exceptions are mentioned in the `<bitset>` header.

Many other classes are required to throw exceptions like `invalid_argument` and `out_of_range`, without explicitly including `<stdexcept>` in their synopsis. It is totally possible for implementations to throw the needed exceptions from utility functions, whose implementations are not visible in the headers.

I propose that `<stdexcept>` is removed from the `<bitset>` header.

[ 2009-10 Santa Cruz: ]

> Moved to Ready.

Proposed resolution:

Change 20.9.2 [template.bitset]:

>     #include <cstddef>        // for size_t
>     #include <string>
>     #include <stdexcept>      // for invalid_argument,
>                               // out_of_range, overflow_error
>     #include <iosfwd>         // for istream, ostream
>     namespace std {
>     ...