I meant to CC this to the list ... On 18 April 2016 at 21:57, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > On 18 April 2016 at 21:14, Jim Michaels wrote: >> * ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/pub/gnu/gcc/ does not contain gcc 6.0.1 though it >> has been released. maybe people are still working on it? or it's been >> forgotten. > > 6.0.1 is not a GCC release, that number belongs to development > snapshots. The release will be 6.1.0, but it hasn't been released yet. > > >> * try compiling c++ file that #include's string and iostream with -std=c++14 >> and see what happens. tons of errors. > > Compiling what file? With what compiler? > > C++14 works fine for me. > >> * basic_string.h, basic_string.tcc less than optimal code. why not include >> operator- for a string diff? 2 ways you can implement it, so why not provide >> both? > > Because it's not part of the C++ standard. > >> * where is std::string::icompare, std::string::ifind and why is there no >> operator== (same as std::string::compare)? > > What are icompare and ifind? They're not part of the C++ standard, why > do you expect to find them? > > There is an operator== > >> * where is std::string::toupper() and std::string::tolower, and the other >> string.h ops? > > They're not part of std::string. > >> * why does cstring not include all of string.h? > > It contains the parts that are defined by the C++ standard. Maybe your > <string.h> contains additional non-standard functions. > >> * why does cmath not include all of math.h? > > Ditto.
