Customer Reviews

C++ Iostreams Handbook

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This book is indispensable for doing complex i/o work in c++. Unfortunately, it's also a ponderous, confusing read. The density of the prose and the mediocre organization make it very difficult to use as a reference book.

I've never had it steer me wrong, but every time I've used it, it has taken a lot of time and energy to actually find and decipher the content I needed.

I'd advise waiting for "Standard C++ IOStreams and Locales" to come out in Dec 1999 instead, it'll be current and the preliminary reviews sound good..

I've worked my way through ports of a large software system to several different platforms. I wish I'd had this book up front - it would have saved a lot of work. I'd like to see it updated to reflect the latest C++ standards.

The only book I have seen that covers the topic in any meaningful way. This book drills right down to the good stuff and presents the material in a practical, easy to understand manner. The only downside is that the book is now a little out of date (still a good buy, though).

This is a must have book. Slightly out of date perhaps but in spite of that very much worth having. Furthermore, this is the only book on IOStreams I have seen. The subject is covered extremely well and in depth. BUY IT!!

This an excellent but dated book on the C++ io stream library. Steve Teale where ever you are, please come home and update your excellent book.

The material needs updating to reflect the current state of
the IOStreams library, and details on some aspects of the
library are sketchy or nonexistent, but this is the only
book I've been able to find that provides anything close
to adequate coverage of the topic. If you write C++ code,
this book belongs in your library.