The following code compiles, but the result of the first line of main is poor (it prints the address of the string):
#include <iostream> #include <sstream> using namespace std; template<typename A, typename B> basic_ostream<A,B>& tic(basic_ostream<A,B>& o) { return o; } template<typename A, typename B> basic_ostream<A,B>& tac(basic_ostream<A,B>& o) { if( ostringstream* oo = dynamic_cast<ostringstream*>(&o) ) { cout << oo->str() << endl; } return o; } int main() { ostringstream() << "tac alone does not give a nice result" << tac; ostringstream() << tic << "tic+tac together work" << tac; } #if 0 Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f95,objc,ada,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.0 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=mt --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-java-gc=boehm --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-4.0-1.4.2.0/jre --enable-mpfr --disable-werror --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.0.2 (Debian 4.0.2-2) #endif -- Summary: poor ostringstream output Product: gcc Version: 4.0.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: aburger at cea dot fr GCC target triplet: i486-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25410