Re: read from an istream object

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"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
manimau <manimau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So now my next quextion is how do I
read in binary mode from cin instead of in text mode?

I can't think of any portable way to do that.

Since the whole text-mode/binary-mode morass is a Microsoft-only
abomination, portability is hardly a concern...
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- Tim Roberts, timr@xxxxxxxxx
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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