From:	"Tim Birch" <zy65 AT dial DOT pipex DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: ifstream (FILENAME, ios::binary). Can't Read!!!
Date:	23 Jul 1997 17:47:09 GMT
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A. Sinan Unur wrote

> >     double num_read = 0;
> 
> do you ever expect to read a fractional number of bytes from a file?

No, I just used it cause I always think of doubles as being able to count
to a higher number than ints.

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