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From: lattanzi@decwrl.dec.com (Len Lattanzi)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: iostream_withassign and state variables
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.005139.29552@pa.dec.com>
Date: 16 Jan 91 00:51:39 GMT
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Organization: DEC Palo Alto
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// Given the following 2.0 C++
#include <iostream.h>
static class MyIostream_init {
    static int count;
    static Iostream_init *io;
public:
    MyIostream_init();
    ~MyIostream_init();
};

static MyIostream_init init;
static int idx;

MyIostream_init::MyIostream_init()
{
    if (count++ > 0) return;
    io = new Iostream_init;
    idx = ios::xalloc();

}

MyIostream_init::~MyIostream_init()
{
    if (--count > 0) return;
    delete io;
}

main()
{
    cerr.iword(idx) = 1;
    clog.iword(idx) = 0;
    clog = cerr;
    cout << clog.iword(idx) << endl;
// I expected '1' to be printed out. Glockenspiel 2.0 gave me '0', the
// work-around is tedious and without an 'official' iostream
// specification I'm not sure if this is a bug or feature.
// Submitted for your input.
}

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 Len Lattanzi (Migration Software Systems Ltd 408 452 0527) <len@migration.com>