JC>  DJ> Please sketch me a class definition for an I/O stream which
JC>  DJ> doesn't use references and allows this:
JC>  DJ> cout << "I have " << Number << " apples.";
JC> I don't think this is the example you intended you use - if you try
Well, it was the example I intended to use.  Whether or not it proves my
point is another question. 
JC> do it, you'll find that while efficiency might be less than ideal (i
JC> `Number' is of some relatively large, complex type) but it's relativ
JC> easy and straightforward to code.  However, doing input like this:
It is?  Without references, your operator<< would have to return a
pointer to the ostream class.  I'm not aware of a way to concatenate
operators like this via a pointer to a class. Could you demonstrate?
JC> cout << "PLease enter the number of apples: " << flush;
JC> cin >> Number;
JC> is an entirely different story.  Doing this without a reference is q
JC> difficult indeed.
I'm really curious as to why this is easy and output is straightforward.
What am I missing here?
Regards,
Daniel              ddjones@pinn.net
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