https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4254 <p> The documentation for error_code.clear() says </p> <blockquote> <p> postcondition: value() == 0 &amp;&amp; category() == generic_category </p> </blockquote> <p> The C++0x working paper says the resulting category should be system_error, and that is what is actually implemented in boost 1.43. </p> <p> [This might be a cut and paste error from error_condition.clear().] </p> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4254 Trac 1.4.3 Steven Watanabe Tue, 25 May 2010 13:50:56 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4254#comment:1 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4254#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>owner</strong> set to <span class="trac-author">Beman Dawes</span> </li> <li><strong>component</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">None</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">system</span> </li> </ul> Ticket Beman Dawes Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:33:30 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4254#comment:2 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4254#comment:2 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">new</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">closed</span> </li> <li><strong>resolution</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">fixed</span> </li> </ul> <p> (In <a class="changeset" href="https://svn.boost.org/trac10/changeset/63426" title="Fix #4254 and other documentation mistakes and bring into closer ...">[63426]</a>) Fix <a class="closed ticket" href="https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4254" title="#4254: Bugs: error_code.clear() documents incorrect new category type (closed: fixed)">#4254</a> and other documentation mistakes and bring into closer conformance with the C++ standard library working paper. </p> Ticket