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copied!<p>The old <code>stdio</code> functionality is in C++ for compatibility (and partially because the original C++ (cfront) was just a pre-processor for C so they were available anyway).</p> <p>The newer I/O model found in C++ is a lot more flexible, allowing you to add types at will, which can be printed in a way defined by that type.</p> <p>In other words, in an object oriented way.</p> <p>Just like complex or rational numbers numbers (or address book entries or dictionary entries or any other non-basic type for that matter) should be self contained in a class that knows how to add, subtract or otherwise manipulate them separately from the base language, the printing of those objects should also be left to the class as well.</p> <p>If you're worried about the verbosity of the C++ way, there's nothing stopping you from adding a <code>fmt()</code> method, returning a string, to your own data types to get around that problem, something like:</p> <pre><code>std::cout << name.fmt('left',15) // [Pax Diablo ] << " " << age.fmt(4) // [ 45] << " " << score.fmt(3,2) // [100.00] << std::endl; </code></pre> <p>for sizes and/or justifications.</p> <p>It's more coding on your part within the class but it <em>is</em> an option if you're really adverse to the <code>setfill</code> and <code>setw</code> stuff.</p> <p>However, since you'll almost certainly have your formatting code in a function for each type of output (if you're smart), it'll be isolated in one area. I'd just suck it up and learn the C++ way of doing things.</p>

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