From -6485923685759714638 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f78e5,975e78bef1b26ee8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: kanze@gabi-soft.fr (J. Kanze) Subject: Re: iostream -> FILE* Date: 1998/05/22 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 355596408 Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <3561480D.18DAE41D@acco.net> <6jv28m$u37$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6k0nmi$sfb$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> X-Original-Date: 22 May 1998 15:59:30 +0200 Organization: GABI Software, S�rl. X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUANWWsgOEDnX0m9pzZAQFzWAF/Xf0D+mMzpWx9nlUO5aRxgcyPl4w00PtG ZsrIBVhBjYnfztH4otr/VHj2chzpPani =V3/z Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ ajrobb@ecr.mu.oz.au (Andrew_J ROBBIE) writes: |> But huge amounts of code are written for un*x systems - systems for |> which C++ programmers need a standard way of doing things. Couldn't |> there be stream specialisations for each API? And couldn't the |> standard provide an 'example' specialisation for posix-type systems? |> Sure, compilers can provide extensions, but can't compiler vendors |> be guided in the same direction? This is the role of Posix, not the C++ standards. -- James Kanze +33 (0)1 39 23 84 71 mailto: kanze@gabi-soft.fr GABI Software, 22 rue Jacques-Lemercier, 78000 Versailles, France Conseils en informatique orient�e objet -- -- Beratung in objektorientierter Datenverarbeitung --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]