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### 2041. Stage 2 accumulate incompatibilty

Section: 28.4.3.2.3 [facet.num.get.virtuals] Status: C++11 Submitter: Howard Hinnant Opened: 2011-03-09 Last modified: 2016-01-28

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

`num_get` Stage 2 accumulation changed between C++03 and the current C++0x working draft. The sentences:

> If it is not discarded, then a check is made to determine if `c` is allowed as the next character of an input field of the conversion specifier returned by stage 1. If so it is accumulated.

have been dropped from 28.4.3.2.3 [facet.num.get.virtuals], Stage 2, paragraph 3 that begins:

> If `discard` is true, […]

Consider this code:

>     #include <sstream>
>     #include <iostream>

>     int main(void)
>     {
>        std::istringstream s("8cz");
>        long i = 0;
>        char c;
>        s >> i;
>        if (!s.fail())
>            std::cout << "i = " << i << '\n';
>        else
>        {
>            std::cout << "s >> i failed\n";
>            s.clear();
>        }
>        s >> c;
>        if (!s.fail())
>            std::cout << "c = " << c << '\n';
>        else
>            std::cout << "s >> c failed\n";
>     }

C++0x currently prints out:

>     s >> i failed
>     c = z

However C++03 conforming implementations will output:

>     i = 8
>     c = c

I believe we need to restore C++03 compatibility.

Proposed resolution:

Add to 28.4.3.2.3 [facet.num.get.virtuals], Stage 2:

> If `discard` is true, then if `'.'` has not yet been accumulated, then the position of the character is remembered, but the character is otherwise ignored. Otherwise, if `'.'` has already been accumulated, the character is discarded and Stage 2 terminates. If it is not discarded, then a check is made to determine if `c` is allowed as the next character of an input field of the conversion specifier returned by stage 1. If so it is accumulated.

> If the character is either discarded or accumulated then in is advanced by `++in` and processing returns to the beginning of stage 2.