Re: [PATCH] LWG 2936: update path::compare logic and optimize string comparisons

[Christophe Lyon <christophe.lyon@linaro.org>]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 16:51, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> The resolution for LWG 2936 defines the comparison more precisely, which
> this patch implements. The patch also defines comparisons with strings
> to work without constructing a temporary path object (so avoids any
> memory allocations).
>
>         * include/bits/fs_path.h (path::compare(const string_type&))
>         (path::compare(const value_type*)): Add noexcept and construct a
>         string view to compare to instead of a path.
>         (path::compare(basic_string_view<value_type>)): Add noexcept. Remove
>         inline definition.
>         * src/filesystem/std-path.cc (path::_Parser): Track last type read
>         from input.
>         (path::_Parser::next()): Return a final empty component when the
>         input ends in a non-root directory separator.
>         (path::_M_append(basic_string_view<value_type>)): Remove special cases
>         for trailing non-root directory separator.
>         (path::_M_concat(basic_string_view<value_type>)): Likewise.
>         (path::compare(const path&)): Implement LWG 2936.
>         (path::compare(basic_string_view<value_type>)): Define in terms of
>         components returned by parser, consistent with LWG 2936.
>         * testsuite/27_io/filesystem/path/compare/lwg2936.cc: New.
>         * testsuite/27_io/filesystem/path/compare/path.cc: Test more cases.
>         * testsuite/27_io/filesystem/path/compare/strings.cc: Likewise.
>
> Tested x86_64-linux, committed to trunk.
>

Hi,

The updated test fails on aarch64-linux-gnu:
FAIL:    27_io/filesystem/path/compare/strings.cc execution test

In the logs I can see:
/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/filesystem/path/compare/strings.cc:40:
void test01(): Assertion 'p.compare(p0) == p.compare(s0)' failed.

Christophe