From: "Tim Birch" <zy65 AT dial DOT pipex DOT com>
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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.