January 4, 2002

To read a binary value from an input file stream (ifstream) object, use the read() member function. read() takes two parameters: char * and long, which hold the address of

It’s a good idea to parenthesize every macro argument. For example: #define MAX(x,y) (x)>(y)?(x):(y) The parentheses ensure that the macro is evaluated correctly, even if the user passes complex expressions

A polymorphic object has one or more virtual functions. When you serialize such an object to a file so that it can be reconstituted later, the deserialization might rewrite its

To write the binary value of a variable to an output file stream (ofstream) object, use the write() member function. write() takes two parameters: const char * and long, which