From: Erik Max Francis Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: C++ Passing ostreams by reference to methods, problem Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 13:56:41 -0700 Organization: Alcyone Systems Lines: 16 Message-ID: <338F3F09.F5F468C@alcyone.com> References: <01bc6b49$27fce100$1b2443a1 AT pcoec DOT uclm DOT es> <01bc6c06$d6e88ee0$1b2443a1 AT pcoec DOT uclm DOT es> <338DDF0E DOT 23B5C36D AT alcyone DOT com> <5mn9df$nus AT panix DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newton.alcyone.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Greg Comeau wrote: > Oh it will call the ctor, but right, it doesn't do what some would > think. Naturally -- creating a temporary object necessarily implies a constructor is being called, but nothing will happen. A good compiler might give you a "code has no effect" warning. -- Erik Max Francis, &tSftDotIotE / email / max AT alcyone DOT com Alcyone Systems / web / http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, California, United States / icbm / 37 20 07 N 121 53 38 W \ "Covenants without the sword / are but words." / Camden