cin question

[Skywing]

I'd use fgets(stdin, ...) or cin.getline and parse the line out myself with stuff like strchr/strtok/strtoul.

[iago]

I would, too.  For the assignments I'm marking, most people use either fgets() or getchar().  Both are good.

[Kp]

If you're willing to go Windows-specific, you may be able to get much finer control using ReadConsoleInput and parsing the messages yourself.  It's more work, but you'll be able to do things like respond to "special" keystrokes in the stream without the user having to press enter (and afaik there's really no advantage to getchar(stdin) over reading the console directly with WinAPI).

Also, DVX:   printf ("%s\n", (char *) 1); /* splat with stdio! */

[Eli_1]

If you're willing to go Windows-specific, you may be able to get much finer control using ReadConsoleInput and parsing the messages yourself.  It's more work, but you'll be able to do things like respond to "special" keystrokes in the stream without the user having to press enter (and afaik there's really no advantage to getchar(stdin) over reading the console directly with WinAPI).

Also, DVX:   printf ("%s\n", (char *) 1); /* splat with stdio! */

well the reason I'm trying to move away from iostream is because I want to be able to make things on a linux machine also...

[Skywing]

If you're willing to go Windows-specific, you may be able to get much finer control using ReadConsoleInput and parsing the messages yourself.  It's more work, but you'll be able to do things like respond to "special" keystrokes in the stream without the user having to press enter (and afaik there's really no advantage to getchar(stdin) over reading the console directly with WinAPI).

Also, DVX:   printf ("%s\n", (char *) 1); /* splat with stdio! */

well the reason I'm trying to move away from iostream is because I want to be able to make things on a linux machine also...

You should be able to use STL on Unix...

[Kp]

You should be able to use STL on Unix...

Yes, but many versions of gcc tend to be a bit dumb about templates (fails to properly determine which template functions need to be implemented, so it just implements them all).  IMO, you're much better off not mixing gcc and templates if you can avoid it.

[DVX]

i was giving my opinion..besides, it doesn't really matter

[Adron]

You should be able to use STL on Unix...

Yes, but many versions of gcc tend to be a bit dumb about templates (fails to properly determine which template functions need to be implemented, so it just implements them all).  IMO, you're much better off not mixing gcc and templates if you can avoid it.

Is that any problem other than a size issue? If it only affects size, I wouldn't worry about it, but rely on a newer version of gcc appearing before it becomes a problem.