On (02 Aug 97) Daniel Jones wrote to Aare Tali...
 DJ> Please sketch me a class definition for an I/O stream which
 DJ> doesn't use references and allows this:
 DJ> cout << "I have " << Number << " apples.";
I don't think this is the example you intended you use - if you try to
do it, you'll find that while efficiency might be less than ideal (if
`Number' is of some relatively large, complex type) but it's relatively
easy and straightforward to code.  However, doing input like this:
cout << "PLease enter the number of apples: " << flush;
cin >> Number;
is an entirely different story.  Doing this without a reference is quite
difficult indeed.
    Later,
    Jerry.
... The Universe is a figment of its own imagination.
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