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From: ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Clarification on ostreams from Stoustrup
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:19:32 +0000 (UTC)
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Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.c++:6670

I'm wondering if anyone can explain what Stroustrup means in this 
paragraph on ostream and char_traits.

He wrote:

"The basic_ostream template parameter control the type of characters that 
is used by the implementation; they do not affect the types of values 
that can be output."

FWIW this is from from The C++ programming language 3rd edition pg 608

Ruben