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From: Anthony West on 18 Apr 2008 08:20
Is there a way to test a stream for binariness? Specifically: given an
ofstream, is there some method I can call (or some member I can access)
that tells me if the ofstream was opened in binary mode?

If not, why?

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From: alasham.said on 21 Apr 2008 03:17
On Apr 19, 1:20 am, Anthony West <w...(a)ices.utexas.edu> wrote:
> Is there a way to test a stream for binariness? Specifically: given an
> ofstream, is there some method I can call (or some member I can access)
> that tells me if the ofstream was opened in binary mode?
>
> If not, why?

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I do not think there is such a method. You could wrap up std::ofstream
inside another class that then keeps the desired information: file-
name, i/o mode, etc. As for why the class is designed this way,
perhaps the reason is mentioned in "The Design and Evolution of C++".

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