From: "Rob Kramer" <robk AT cyberway DOT com DOT sg>
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Subject: Re: New Moron on the Block :)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:09:25 +0800
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"pouzzler" <pouzzler AT aol DOT com> wrote in message
> However, casting causes me problems, I have to twiddle for years
> making _read work, CString is so easy that basic::string drives me
> nuts, ... so I decided to learn some REAL programming. And if drawing
> the bmp from scratch doesn't qualify, then I'm done for.

I've never used MFC or CString since I only program for Unix and MSDOS. I
hear most people complain about std::string missing the printf-like
formatter, but I don't miss printf at all.

Instead of _read() overloads you could perhaps look at ifstream, which can
read bytes and shorts and whatnot already. Read Nicolai Josuttis' book if
you want to get serious with STL.

Bye,

    Rob