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std::ios_base

class ios_base;

Base class for streams

ios_base
basic_ios

Base class for the entire hierarchy of stream classes in the standard input/output library, describing the most basic part of a stream which is common to all stream objects, independently of their character type.

It has no public constructors, and thus no objects of this class can be declared.

Both ios_base and its derived class basic_ios define the components of streams that do not depend on whether the stream is an input or an output stream: ios_base describes the members that are independent of the template parameters (i.e. the character type and traits), while basic_ios describes the members that do depend on them.

More specifically, the ios_base class maintains the following information of a stream:

	field	member functions	description
Formatting	format flags	`flags` `setf` `unsetf`	A set of internal flags that affect how certain input/output operations are interpreted or generated. See member type `fmtflags`.
	field width	`width`	Width of the next formatted element to insert.
	display precision	`precision`	Decimal precision for the next floating-point value inserted.
	locale	`getloc` `imbue`	The `locale` object used by the function for formatted input/output operations affected by localization properties.
Other	callback stack	`register_callback`	Stack of pointers to functions that are called when certain events occur.
Other	extensible arrays	`iword` `pword` `xalloc`	Internal arrays to store objects of type `long` and `void*`.

Member Functions

(constructor): Construct object (public member function)

(destructor): Destruct object (public member function)

Formatting:

flags: Get/set format flags (public member function)

setf: Set specific format flags (public member function)

unsetf: Clear specific format flags (public member function)

precision: Get/Set floating-point decimal precision (public member function)

width: Get/set field width (public member function)

Locales:

imbue: Imbue locale (public member function)

getloc: Get current locale (public member function)

Internal extensible array:

xalloc: Get new index for extensible array [static] (public static member function)

iword: Get integer element of extensible array (public member function)

pword: Get pointer element of extensible array (public member function)

Others:

register_callback: Register event callback function (public member function)

sync_with_stdio: Toggle synchronization with cstdio streams [static] (public static member function)

Member types

event: Type to indicate event type (public member type)

event_callback: Event callback function type (public member type)

fmtflags: Type for stream format flags (public member type)

iostate: Type for stream state flags (public member type)

openmode: Type for stream opening mode flags (public member type)

seekdir: Type for stream seeking direction flag (public member type)

Member classes

failure: Base class for stream exceptions (public member class)

Init: Initialize standard stream objects (public member class)

Member constants

Streams have member constants with the possible values for member types fmtflags, iostate, openmode and seekdir (see the description of each type for more info).

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