[libcxx-dev] Question on how libc++ defines cin and other streams

[Louis Dionne via libcxx-dev]

Hi,

In src/iostream.cpp, I can find the following beautiful declarations:

    _ALIGNAS_TYPE (istream) _LIBCPP_FUNC_VIS char cin[sizeof(istream)]
    #if defined(_LIBCPP_ABI_MICROSOFT) && defined(__clang__)
    __asm__("?cin@" _LIBCPP_ABI_NAMESPACE_STR "@std@@3V?$basic_istream at DU?$char_traits at D@" _LIBCPP_ABI_NAMESPACE_STR "@std@@@12 at A")
    #endif
    ;

    // etc...

And then we have this a little lower in src/iostream.cpp:

    _LIBCPP_HIDDEN ios_base::Init __start_std_streams;
    ios_base::Init::Init() {
        istream* cin_ptr  = ::new(cin)  istream(::new(__cin)  __stdinbuf <char>(stdin, &mb_cin));
        // ...
    }

I understand we're basically allocating a char array and then placement newing the stream into it during static initialization. However, why is that dance necessary with Clang-on-Windows?

Thanks,
Louis

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