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Section: 27.4.4.4 [string.io] Status: TC1 Submitter: Nathan Myers Opened: 1998-08-06 Last modified: 2016-01-28
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Duplicate of: 67
Discussion:
In the description of operator<< applied to strings, the standard says that uses the smaller of os.width() and str.size(), to pad "as described in stage 3" elsewhere; but this is inconsistent, as this allows no possibility of space for padding.
Proposed resolution:
Change 27.4.4.4 [string.io] paragraph 4 from:
"... where n is the smaller of os.width() and str.size();
..."
to:
"... where n is the larger of os.width() and str.size();
..."