> libio is the glibc component which implements the foundations of FILE * streams support (printf and scanf are part of the stdio-common subdirectory.)

[whitequark@mastodon.social]

> libio is the glibc component which implements the foundations of FILE * streams support (printf and scanf are part of the stdio-common subdirectory.)
>
> Although libio is written in C, its streams are extensible with C++ classes.

glibc is doing *what*

[whitequark@mastodon.social]

> There are additional benefits to this approach:
>
> * The old libstdc++ documentation calls this **the cool way**.

(stares)

[erincandescent@akko.erincandescent.net]

@whitequark don’t worry, that feature only works if you’re using gcc 2.7 with libg++.

but in that ancient world FILE was basic_streambuf<char> IIRC

[slightlyoff@toot.cafe]

@whitequark Nearly spat out my coffee reading that.

[noah@mastodon.despise.computer]

@whitequark pouring a drink, brb