Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 12:12:42 -0700 (MST)
From: David May <dmay AT tvi DOT cc DOT nm DOT us>
To: Dion Barrier <viper AT europa DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: C++ Iostream lib
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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