Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:52:19 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: iostream.h
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On 9 Mar 2000, Jww68 wrote:

> I am trying to get the iosteam.h file to work but the Djgpp compilier give me a
> lot of errors. The compilier mentions the streambuf.h file and says the
> following:
> 
> (35) parse error before string constant
> (37) parse error before '3'
> 
> Can someone please tell me what a parse error is?

It means syntax error.  In other words, the compiler sees something that 
isn't a valid C++ source.

> Why am I getting this error
> when I include iosteam.h in my programs.

I'm guessing that you have an old or corrupted version of streambuf.h.  
Please make sure you don't have mixed files from different versions.