Hi all,

I've just discovered that when outputting a string in combination with
the I/O manipulator setw(n), it doesn't affect the string. Instead the
string's c_str() method must be called for setw() to work.

I initially thought it was a bug in my implementation, but apparently
not.
Can anyone inform me why this is?

TIA,
--rob

On Feb 7, 1:25 pm, "[rob desbois]" <rob.desb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just discovered that when outputting a string in combination with
> the I/O manipulator setw(n), it doesn't affect the string. Instead the
> string's c_str() method must be called for setw() to work.

> I initially thought it was a bug in my implementation, but
> apparently not. Can anyone inform me why this is?

Sounds like a bug to me. The insertion operator on an
std::string is required to take the width into account, and
always has been. And it works with all of the implementations
of the library I have available here (g++, Roguewave and
STLport).

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