Re: std::noskipws: #include<ios> or #include<iomanip>?

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James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com>

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comp.lang.c++

Date:

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:41:40 -0800 (PST)

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On Nov 18, 6:29 pm, Bernd Gaertner <gaert...@inf.ethz.ch> wrote:

James Kanze wrote:

It's rather arbitrary from a user point of view, but
manipulators which require an argument are declared in
<iomanip>, and those that don't are declared in <ios>.

Thanks. This seems to mean that for example the following code
(you find many similar things on the web) actually uses the
wrong include:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip> // for noskipws - (no skip whitespace)

char s;

int main()
{
        std::cin >> std::noskipws;
        while (std::cin >> s)
        {
                std::cout << s;
        }
        return 0;
}

Well, the comment is wrong, and the include of <iomanip> isn't
necessary here. But it doesn't hurt, and I can imagine some
house rules just saying to include it anytime you use a
manipulator, rather than having the developers have to learn the
detailed rule; it doesn't hurt. (Of course, <ios> will be
included indirectly by <iostream>, so there's no risk of the
manipulator not being defined.)

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