Re: Accepting manipulators

From:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:07:44 -0400
Message-ID:
<e6pj9j$r3i$1@news.datemas.de>
Martin Eisenberg wrote:

What do I need to make this work?

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

struct LoggedCout {
 ofstream file;
 LoggedCout(const char* name) : file(name, ios::app) {}
 template<class T>
 LoggedCout& operator<<(const T& t)
 { cout << t; file << t; return *this; }
};

LoggedCout lout("flushtest.txt");

int main() {
 lout << "output";
 lout << flush;
 // no match for 'operator<<' in 'lout << std::flush'
 { char c; cin >> c; }
 return 0;
}


Was it you who asked a similar question about 'std::endl' yesterday?
If it was, why do you think it's different with 'flush'? It's just
another function pointer when used liek that in an expression.
If it wasn't, look in the archives for yesterday's postings here.
Please don't use this newsgroup as a write-only medium. Read it
before posting. Use Google Groups to read it beyond what your ISP's
news server retains.

V
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