Hi, this is my first post on this group.   
      
   Is it legal that method std::string::clear() also shrinks memory   
   buffer? For example:   
      
    std::string str("long string");   
    std::cout << str.size() << ", " << str.capacity(); // print: 11, 24   
    str.clear();   
    std::cout << str.size() << ", " << str.capacity(); // print: 0, 0   
      
   Popular implementations keeps the buffer (i.e. the fourth line prints   
   "0, 24"), but I can't find any requirement in the standard.   
      
   w.   
      
      
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