From: Erik Veenstra Date: 2006-01-01T07:37:56+09:00 Subject: Re: my stupid code ... > I do not think that tinkering with the core classes is a good > idea for problems as simple as this. Make it a new class, instead of "reusing" a core class... :) The point is that the question "use a file or std stream?" is asked so often, that it's worth pushing the code down into the language. "Enrich the language, so the applications are small." gegroet, Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/