"Reece Dunn" <msclrhd@hotmail.com> wrote in message:
Jonathan Turkanis wrote:
"Rob Stewart" <stewart@sig.com> wrote in message
When parsing, it is often useful to ensure that there were exactly 10 spaces between one token and the next, for example.
I'll take your word for it, but an example would help. I am used to just worrying about whitespace.
Okay, I'm a bit embarrassed. Instead of voting to reject ios_form, multi_newer and multi_skipper I should have justed asked for a better rationale. You and Rob have convinced me that all Daryle's manipulators (with possible exception of ios_form) should be accepted. Here's a summary of the names and extensions I'd like to see: - multi_skipper, etc. I'd like these usages to be supported: cin >> skip_line >> ... // skip a line cin >> skip_lines(12) >> .. // skip 12 lines cin >> skip('c', 3) >> ... // skip 3 c's cin >> skip("hello world!") >> .. // skip given sequence cin >> skip_if(isalpha) // skip alphabetic characters cin >> skip_to(isalpha) // skip non-alphabetic characters - multi_newer, etc. cout << newline << ... // write a newline without flushing cout << newlines(7) << ... // write 7 newlines cout << repeat('c', 3) << ... // write 3 c's - ios_form, if it does what Rob described, it sounds okay. I'd like to see an explanation from Daryle, though. I have no idea what the name should be. Best Regards, Jonathan