Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/02/22/14:24:42
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Dion Barrier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm making the move over to DJGPP and would appreciate some help. I was
> told that the C++ Iostreams library is kind of buggy.
> More specifically, the bug is supposedly in file I/O. Is there any
> validity to this claim? Could someone please describe this bug and
> if there are any known anti-bugs?
>
> Also are there any reasons for not using the C++ Iostream library?
I don't know how "buggy" iostreams is under GCC, but I do know that using
the library tends to "bloat" your code. I haven't seen any real benifit
to using iostreams, although I use C++ quite a bit. I would be open to
anyone who would be interested in convincing me otherwise :-)
David May
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Albuquerque TVI
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