From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Resetting IOS Flags
Date: 26 Aug 2003 18:03:50 GMT
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MMarkHinchcliffe <mmarkhinchcliffe AT aol DOT com> wrote:
> I'd be very grateful if anyone could tell me what's wrong with the
> following code.

> The line "os.setf( oldflags, ios::basefield);"
> gives 2 compilation errors:
> "invalid conversion from 'long int' to 'std::_Ios_Fmtflags'"

>   long oldflags = os.setf( ios::hex, ios::basefield);

The compiler quite obviously dislikes 'oldflags' being of type long.

You'll need to choose some other type --- consult STL documentation to
see which that should be.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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