I agree with these conclusions and strongly support the addition of newl. Paul
Paul A Bristow, Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8AB UK +44 1539 561830 Mobile +44 7714 33 02 04 Mobile mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thomas Witt | Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 8:19 AM | To: Boost mailing list | Subject: Re: [boost] Re: I/O library status | | | | Hi, | | On Monday 02 June 2003 19:21, Ed Brey wrote: | > * newl differs from '\n' only in that newl doesn't perform background | > formatting. Presumably one would choose to use newl to avoid the | > formatting. What is undesirable about '\n' being formatted? | | To me there are basically two reasons that make newl desirable beside the | formatting issue. | | 1. std::endl was and is still abused heavily. I think there is a reason for | this. Most c++ programmers are taught to stay clear of ugly low-level c | things and to use the new shiny c++ facilities instead. And that's what they | do, replace '\n' with std::endl. Personally I believe this reason alone | justifies a std library extension std::newl. | | 2. IIUC the difference between a character and a manipulator is that the | manipulator is not tied to the streams character type. So for some | applications '\n' does not suffice. To me stream.widen('\n') is sufficiently | ugly to justify a newl modifier. | | Thomas | | -- | Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Witt | Institut fuer Verkehrswesen, Eisenbahnbau und -betrieb, Universitaet Hannover | voice: +49(0) 511 762 - 4273, fax: +49(0) 511 762-3001 | http://www.ive.uni-hannover.de | | _______________________________________________ | Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost | | _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
