CC>     I've a little experience with java style exceptions, but none wi
CC>     I need to alter the ifstream to throw an exception once an end o
CC>     file is reached.
CC>     EG.
CC>     MYifstream.get(char c) {
CC>       ifstream::get(c);
CC>       if (ifstream::gcount()==0) {
CC>          "thow end of file exception"
CC>       }
CC>     }
Don't do this! An input stream isn't supposed to throw an exception on
end  of  file.  There  is  no  good  reason for it, since eof isn't an
exceptional situation.
Rather rewrite
CC>     try {
CC>     do { ifs.get(c); } while (c==' ');
CC>     } catch {
CC>       "end of file" exception
CC>     } finally {
CC>       ...
CC>     }
to
char c; 
while (ifs.get(c) && c!=' '); 
if (ifs.eof())
    // do your 'exceptional' stuff here
else
    // do your 'normal' stuff here
Thomas
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