Why I love C++ so much.

[Václav Haisman]

Dave Korn wrote, On 20.2.2008 21:15:
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>   Because writing
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>   hex << setw (8) << setfill ('0') << ((uintptr_t)(x)) << dec << setfill (' ')
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> is just soooooo much easier and more self-consistent and less typing than
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>   "%08x", x
C'mon, while it is slightly longer than the sprintf() version for such simple 
thing as printing single hexadecimal number, there are plenty of things 
sprintf() just doesn't offer that you can do with C++ IO streams.


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> 
> <grrrspit>
> 
>     cheers,
>       DaveK

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VH

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