std::ios_base::ios_base (3) - Linux Manuals

std::ios_base::ios_base: std::ios_base::ios_base

NAME

std::ios_base::ios_base - std::ios_base::ios_base

Synopsis

private: (until C++11)
ios_base( const ios_base& );
public: (1) (since C++11)
ios_base( const ios_base& ) = delete;
protected: (2)
ios_base();

1) The copy constructor is deleted: streams are not copyable
2) The default constructor is protected: only derived classes may construct std::ios_base. The internal state is undefined after the construction. The derived class must call basic_ios::init() to complete initialization before first use or before destructor; otherwise the behavior is undefined.

Notes

The same applies to the constructors of the next class in the I/O hierarchy, std::basic_ios. Further-derived classes (std::istream and std::ostream) are always constructed with a concrete streambuffer object and call basic_ios::init(), possibly more than once, to complete initialization of their virtual base.