From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-25 10:28:05
John Torjo wrote:
>> How? The difference between:
>>
>> locale::global(locale(), new vector_io_facet(.......))
>>
>> and
>>
>> cout << vector_io_format(......)
>>
>> is in interface, not implementation.
>>
>>
>
> What I meant was that you can have an interface similar to:
>
> set_format( std::cout, "[%,%]" /* or whatever */);
>
> In this case, whether the implementation uses locales or not can be an
> implementation detail.
You can't hide it completely -- you'll either have per-stream setting or
global setting.
- Volodya