SUMMARY
The online help for all versions of Microsoft Visual C++ contains the
following, incorrect statement in the strstream class constructor
description:
The second constructor makes an strstream object out of the
first nLength characters of the psc buffer.
The reference to the "psc" buffer should be to the "pch" buffer, which is
listed as the first parameter to the second strstream constructor (shown
below).
strstream( char* pch, int nLength, int nMode );
The incorrect statement also appears in the Microsoft C/C++ "Class
Libraries Reference" manual for version 7.0 and in the the Microsoft Visual
C++ "Reference Volume III" manual for Visual C++ version 1.0.
MORE INFORMATION
The strstream object is defined with two constructors. The first
constructor creates a strstream object that uses an internal, dynamic
buffer which is initially empty. This is the default. The second
constructor accepts three parameters: pch, nLength, and nMode. Based on the
stream creation mode, nMode, it creates a strstream object from the first
"nLength" characters of the "pch" buffer.
For more information on the strstream object, consult the "iostream
Reference" in the Visual C++ version 4.0 Books Online.