Re: A design problem associated with STL streams
Steven Woody wrote:
Supposing I have three types: class CA, CB and CC, and I need to
implement input/output of these types agains STL ostream/istream. I
know the ussual method would be overloading >> and << operators on
these types, but my problem is even harder. CA, CB, CC each has five
forms of representation ( each has five valid storage format ). So,
how should I resolve this problem in STL? By defining five different
istream/ostream derivations? Or use a single pair of istream/ostream
with help of five manipulators? How?
Five valid storage formats - that's important when you read them.
But how is that important for overloading operators? When do you
decide what storage format to use? How do you decide? Can your
operator>> start reading and determine that it's reading format 1
(or 2, or 5)? Then no manipulators necessary. Do you need to
output them differently? What if you always output them in format
1 (or 2, or 5)? Or do they have to be output in the same format
they were input in? See, there isn't enough information.
V
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