Re: c++/4874: Using wide characters arrays sign extends the character data

Re: c++/4874: Using wide characters arrays sign extends the character data

[lerdsuwa]

Synopsis: Using wide characters arrays sign extends the character data

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: lerdsuwa
State-Changed-When: Sat Jul  6 07:34:58 2002
State-Changed-Why:
    Fixed in GCC 3.1.

http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=4874

c++/4874: Using wide characters arrays sign extends the character data

[john.allen]

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>Number:         4874
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       Using wide characters arrays sign extends the character data
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 14 02:36:02 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John Allen
>Release:        gcc 3.0.2 (Mandrake)
>Organization:
>Environment:
Mandrake Linux 8.1
>Description:
The following code produces incorrect results with the
non-ascii characters being sign extended.

wchar_t* wcp = L"Schöne Grüße";
>How-To-Repeat:
Compile with gcc 3.02, and run as ./utf8 UTF-8
>Fix:
Compile with gcc 2.95.2
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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