Question about cin.ignore()

[agnophilo]

The format of using a period is object.member is it not? So why does cin.ignore() or cin.clear() work? Are ignore() and clear() static member functions or what?

[Cubbi]

cin is an object, ignore() and clear() are its non-static member functions.

[agnophilo]

An object of the iostream class? Does using #include<iostream> just mean I don't have to type iostream::cin.ignore() ?

[Cubbi]

std::cin is an object whose type is std::istream.

No, iostream::cin.ignore() makes no more sense than string::s.size() or int::n++

[agnophilo]

I'm guessing this will make more sense when I get to the section of the tutorial on namespaces.