10. Codecvt<>::do unclear

Section: 28.3.4.2.6 [locale.codecvt.byname] Status: Dup Submitter: Matt Austern Opened: 1998-01-14 Last modified: 2016-08-09

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Duplicate of: 19

Discussion:

Section 22.2.1.5.2 says that codecvt<>::do_in and do_out should return the value noconv if "no conversion was needed". However, I don't see anything anywhere that defines what it means for a conversion to be needed or not needed. I can think of several circumstances where one might plausibly think that a conversion is not "needed", but I don't know which one is intended here.

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