Hello, The code below works fine in 1_33, but throws a bad_alloc exception after some 10-20K iterations in 1_34_0. Am I doing something wrong? Did the API or usage requirements change? Thanks, Jeff --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <sstream> #include <string> #include #include #include #include #include #include bool binaryFile2String(const std::string& filename, std::string& out) { std::ifstream is(filename.c_str(), std::ios_base::in|std::ios_base::binary); if ( is.bad() || is.fail() ) return false; is.seekg(0,std::ios::end); const std::ios::pos_type len(is.tellg()); if ( len > out.max_size() ) return false; out.reserve(len); is.seekg(0, std::ios::beg); std::ostringstream os; os << is.rdbuf(); if ( ! is && ! is.eof() ) return false; out = os.str(); is.close(); return true; } int main(int argc, char** argv) { const char* inFileName = "/tmp/car.xml"; // put your data file here int loops(20000); if ( argc > 1 ) loops = atoi(argv[1]); std::string stringData; if ( ! binaryFile2String(inFileName,stringData) ) { std::cerr<<"Failed reading file "< 0; --i) { if ( 0 == (i % 1000) ) std::cerr<<' '<