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Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns?

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On 08/23/11 06:22 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Ian Collins<ian-news@hotmail.com>  writes:
>> On 08/22/11 10:19 AM, Eugén Jung wrote:
>>> On 21/08/11 06:20, Ian Collins wrote:
>>>> using endl rather then \n would be better.
>>> Any particular reason (other than std::endl flushing the output buffer)?
>> Just flushing the output buffer.
>
>    Flushing takes time. That's exactly why buffering was
>    invented. So, in C++, one flushes only when it is necessary.
>    Flushing ::std::cout immediately before a program ends
>    is not necessary.

Until the program grows and the user wonders why the line does not appear.

-- 
Ian Collins

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cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? mrc2323@cox.net (Mike Copeland) - 2011-08-20 20:49 -0700
  Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-08-20 21:12 -0700
    Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-21 17:21 +1200
  Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-21 17:20 +1200
    Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Eugén Jung <contact@eugenjung.tk> - 2011-08-21 23:19 +0100
      Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-22 11:38 +1200
        Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-23 07:34 +1200
          Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-08-22 15:54 -0400
          Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-23 08:02 +1200
            Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-23 08:39 +1200
              Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-23 08:57 +1200
                Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Paul <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-08-23 02:47 -0700
              Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> - 2011-08-26 08:07 -0700
        Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> - 2011-08-26 08:00 -0700
    Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-08-22 06:13 +0000
      Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> - 2011-08-22 10:49 -0700
        Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-08-23 07:01 +0000
          Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-24 07:11 +0100
          Re: cin - Why Does It Require 2 Returns? James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> - 2011-08-26 08:12 -0700

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