Name

DEFECT_NO_IOSFWD_HEADER

Affected Systems-Compilers

Systems: all

Compilers: GNU C++ 2.7, SGI MipsPro 7.1nx

Description

The header iosfwd was introduced during the C++ standardization efforts. Its provides the correct (sometimes circuitous) forward declarations of all items in the iostreams library.

Work-Around

// For a forward declaration of class ostream
#if defined(DEFECT_NO_IOSFWD_HEADER)
class ostream ;
#else // Standard C++
#include <iosfwd>
#endif