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From: Nithyanandham <m DOT nithyanandham AT blr DOT spcnl DOT co DOT in>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Reopening ifstream objects
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 22:21:10 +0530
Organization: Siemens Inc.
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Nithyanandham wrote:

> J wrote:
>
> > If the construction of an ifstream object fails in the sense that its boolean
> > value has become false (e.g. because the supplied file doesn't exist), but
> > later on its member function open is successfully called, should the boolean
> > value of the object be true again? If it should, my compiler (DJGPP 3.02) has
> > a bug.
>
> When you open the files using ifstream constructor , the failbit is not affected.
>
> You should check the failbit status with is_open() member function.

Typo. It should be
You should check the whether it was succesful or failed with is_open() member
function.


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Nithyanand.
Siemens, Bangalore, India.
(Opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect the opinions of my employer,
Siemens)