There does not appear to be a getline function
in the draft standard for <string>.
However, in Plauger's book on the standard libraries,
his version of <string> does have a getline function.
What is the intention of the standard?

Thanks for any clarification of this matter.

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In article 7DE1@unn.ac.uk, Adrian Robson <adrian.robson@unn.ac.uk> writes:

>There does not appear to be a getline function
>in the draft standard for <string>.
>However, in Plauger's book on the standard libraries,
>his version of <string> does have a getline function.
>What is the intention of the standard?


I believe the string template "getline" was accidently omitted from
the April 1995 draft. It is in the September 1995 draft.

BTW, Plauger's book represents a snapshot of the draft standard as
of about March 1994. Some library features have changed substantially since
then, although some areas haven't changed much.

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