maya

Apart from being a pointer, what would be the benefit of using
'std::filebuf' than using the std::fstream?
As far as I can see, I would use the same methods in 'filebuf' that I
would when using std::fstream. Thus my question, what do I gain by using
'std::filebuf' instead of std::fstream?
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tom_usenet

Performance, and that's about it. In particular, the read, write, get
and put methods on fstream do error checking, stream flushing (if
unitbuf is set), etc, whereas the equivalent filebuf methods do not
and are therefore faster.

Generally you should use fstream though, unless you have noticed
performance problems.

Tom