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Section: 31.10.4.2 [ifstream.cons] Status: CD1 Submitter: Martin Sebor Opened: 2000-12-31 Last modified: 2016-01-28
Priority: Not Prioritized
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Discussion:
31.10.4.2 [ifstream.cons], p2, 31.10.5.2 [ofstream.cons], p2, and 31.10.6.2 [fstream.cons], p2 say about the effects of each constructor:
... If that function returns a null pointer, calls
setstate(failbit) (which may throw ios_base::failure).
The parenthetical note doesn't apply since the ctors cannot throw an
exception due to the requirement in 31.5.4.2 [basic.ios.cons], p3
that exceptions() be initialized to ios_base::goodbit.
Proposed resolution:
Strike the parenthetical note from the Effects clause in each of the paragraphs mentioned above.