Another problem with istringstream

Benjamin Kosnik bkoz@cygnus.com
Sat Apr 1 00:00:00 GMT 2000


> What you wrote is very clear, but as for the Standard it's not as
> clear to me yet.  Is it not that "input operation failed because eof
> is reached"?  Is it that "input didn't fail, it only reached eof"?
> Sorry for my poor expression.  I hope you understand my mixed feeling
> with the Standard.

"input didn't fail, it only reached eof"

Would seem to be the most consistent. Right now, it's 

"input operation failed because eof is reached" for istream::sentry
"input didn't fail, it only reached eof" for istream::*

-benjamin



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