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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:12:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Gerics <gericsb AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Question about the latest GNU C++
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Hello,
 
I have downloaded the latest GNU C++ and noticed some major changes.
 
1) Header files no longer have the .h extension
 
2) cin, cout and cerr are no longer supported by the iostream library. I must modify my calls to these functions to std:: cin, std::cout etc--
 
Why are these changes made that make my code no longer backwards compatible and is there anything I can do to my existing programs to get them to compile short of making the changes mentioned above.  It would seem that these cj=hanges have made existing C++ literature and examples obsolete.
 
Thanks,
William T. Gerics


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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>I have downloaded the latest GNU C++ and noticed some major changes.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>1) Header files no longer have the .h extension</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>2) cin, cout and cerr are no longer supported by the iostream library. I must modify my calls to these functions to std:: cin, std::cout etc--</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Why are these changes made that make my code no longer backwards compatible and is there anything I can do to my existing programs to get them to compile short of making the changes mentioned above.&nbsp; It would seem that these cj=hanges have made existing C++ literature and examples obsolete.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>William T. Gerics</DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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