From: Einstein <einstein DOT lam AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Writing a struct to disk
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 19:59:21 +0800
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struct node {
  int number;
  unsigned char age;
  char *name;
  node *next;
}

If you want to save this struct, write this operator:
ostream& operator <<( node src );

Assumptions:
You are using C++.
You can get the string length by some means. For instances, size_t strlen(
const char *string );

Remarks:
If the variable length string is allocated using the new operator, do not
use the old char* and allocate the memory every time.
Remember to save the string length.

Einstein
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