DM> void GetToken(
DM>               istream& is,
DM>               string&  token,
DM>               bool&    eof
DM>              )
DM> {
[...]
DM> }
Extracting this functionality into a function of its own is  always  a
good idea.
In this case, it's just not necessary because istream::operator>>(char
*) does almost the same thing.
Thomas
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