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pword() and iword()Section: 31.5.2.6 [ios.base.storage] Status: Dup Submitter: Dietmar Kühl Opened: 1999-07-20 Last modified: 2016-01-28
Priority: Not Prioritized
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Duplicate of: 41
Discussion:
According to paragraphs 2 and 4 of 31.5.2.6 [ios.base.storage], the
functions iword() and pword() "set the
badbit (which might throw an exception)" on
failure. ... but what does it mean for ios_base to set the
badbit? The state facilities of the IOStream library are
defined in basic_ios, a derived class! It would be possible
to attempt a down cast but then it would be necessary to know the
character type used...
Rationale: