Topic: Std uses word "display", not general enough


Author: kprateek88@yahoo.com (Prateek R Karandikar)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:48:14 +0000 (UTC)
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The Standard uses the word display several times.
"The message may be a null-terminated multibyte string (17.3.2.1.3.2),
suitable for conversion and *display* as a wstring (21.2, 22.2.1.5)."

(Emphasis mine)

This sentence occurs several times, eg 18.5.1 #8, 18.5.2 #6, 18.5.3
#6,  18.6.1 #9, 18.6.2.1 #6. IMHO the word "display" is not general
enough. It seems to require that the output be in a visual form, which
seems unlikely given the overall generality of the Standard. "output"
is a more general word, and, IMHO, seems more suitable.

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