The description of basic_ofstream::close (Section 27.8.1.10) begins, "Calls
rdbuf()->close() and, if that function fails (returns a null pointer)...,"
which is fine.

The description of basic_fstream::close (Section 27.8.1.13) reads "Calls
rdbuf()->close() and, if that function returns false,..." (where "false" is
in the plain text typeface). This description is less precise, but a null
pointer is logically false, so the description is correct.

The description of basic_ifstream::close (Section 27.8.1.7) reads, "Calls
rdbuf()->close() and, if that function returns false..." where "false" is
set in the literal typeface.

Ideally, all three descriptions should be the same as the one from
basic_ofstream.
--
Ray Lischner, author of C++ in a Nutshell (forthcoming, Q4 2002)
http://www.tempest-sw.com/cpp/

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