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From: Francis Glassborow <francis.glassborow@ntlworld.com>
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Subject: Re: C bug of the day
Date: 15 Jun 2003 17:55:12 -0400
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In message <u8enev0gr0rmbq7p4l3gh4sa5f80ohu43e@4ax.com>, John Potter 
<jpotter@falcon.lhup.edu> writes
>> int i(read<int>(stream));
>
>Let's see your template.  My guess:
>
>template <class T>
>T read (istream& is) {
>   T item; // uninitialized or default constructed
>   is >> item;
>   return item;
>   }
>
>I'm guessing that you are just hiding the uninitialized fundamental or
>default constructing a udt.

Come on, I can write better code than that. The main point was that 
input should be at least validated as appropriate to the type,.

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