Date: 18 Dec 1996 08:41:39 +0100 From: Frank Nobis <fn@radio-do.de> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weired c++ behaviour regarding iostreams Message-ID: <ygen2vcfgek.fsf@trinity.radio-do.de> In-Reply-To: John Fieber's message of Tue, 17 Dec 1996 20:36:01 -0500 (EST) References: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961217202935.280F-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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>>>>> "John" == John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> writes:
John> On 18 Dec 1996, Frank Nobis wrote:
>> ifstream file;
John> ...
>> file.ifstream("stream1.cc");
John> It works if you combine these to:
John> ifstream file("stream1.cc");
John> Off the top of my head, the original looks a bit suspicious,
John> calling a constructor after the object is already
John> constructed, but I'm a C++ novice...
That is the point. One can't call an constructor twice.
John> The original bit of code wouldn't even compile on SunPRO CC:
John> "stream1.cc", line 19: Error: ifstream is not a member of
John> ifstream.
Looks like different implementation. Even compiling with -O -Wall
gives no warning with gcc.
John> -john
Thanks for your help
Regards
Frank
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