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Subject: stream package definition
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Date: Thu, 24-Apr-86 21:48:02 EDT
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From: Jim Mayer  <mayer>

There is a minor problem in the definition of the "stream" package, as
defined in the book and in the 1.0 release.  Quoting from the book:

	class ostream {
		// ...
	public:
		ostream& operator<<(char *);
		...
	};

This should really be:

	class ostream {
		// ...
	public:
		ostream& operator<<(const char *);
		...
	};

The way it stands, I have to use "form" to get around the type checking,
or coerce any constant character pointer arguments to (char *) before
printing them.  The change is upwards compatible with what is currently
defined (I've tried it).

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem possible to get around the problem with
overloading either.

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