CPP11 — Fixed(const char *) constructor problem

The CORBA 2.3 C++ spec says (1.11):

"The Fixed(char*) constructor converts a string representation of a
fixed-point literal into a real fixed-point value, with the trailing 'd'
or 'D' optional."

However, the CORBA 2.3 spec for a fixed point literal says (3.2.5.5):

"A fixed-point decimal literal consists of an integer part, a decimal
point, a fraction part and a d or D. The integer and fraction parts both
consist of a sequence of decimal (base 10) digits. Either the integer
part or the fraction part (but not both) may be missing; the decimal
point (but not the letter d (or D)) may be missing."

This means that the following call is illegal:

CORBA::Fixed f("-1.0");

Even though this can be rewritten (legally) as:

CORBA::Fixed f(-CORBA::Fixed("1.0"));

I think it would be a good idea change the definition of the constructor
to also allow an optional sign (+ or -).

closed/resolved