I have 2 different ostreams, one of them cerr, using the same streambuffer, I have some libraries in that might have modified cerr somehow,(flags? format modifiers?).
cerr.rdbuf(&mystreambuffer); ostream teststream(&mystreambuffer); cerr << "This " << " is " << " a " << " test"; teststream << "This " << " is " << " a teststream " << " test";
prints:
This is a test This is a teststream test
Debugging mystreambuffer I’ve noticed that cerr calls mystreambuffer->sync() every << operation while teststream does not call it at all.
If I am correct cerr is just an standard ostream, then, why do I see this difference in flushing times? How can I reset cerr back to normal flushing operations?
EDIT: I see you guys are commenting about unitbuf and it being default in cerr, but if it was default, wouldn’t it write step by step here as well?
#include <iostream>
int main(){
std::cerr << "This " << " is " << " a cerr " << " testn";
std::cout << "This " << " is " << " a cout " << " testn";
}
Cobain /tmp$ ./test
This is a cerr test
This is a cout test
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Answer
Try std::cerr.unsetf( std::ios_base::unitbuf );. That flag is on for cerr by default.