help about getline

After inputing some characters, I need to press enter twice to make the characters printed. why?

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string text_word;
    while ( getline(cin, text_word) )
        cout<<text_word<<endl;
	
    return 0;
}

hmm... I dont get that problem. Any example?
What compiler are you using too?

I am on WinXP, using msvc++6.
here is my output

fds4 456fd 5d4f 6 f46d //my input
//first enter, prints nothing
fds4 456fd 5d4f 6 f46d //2nd enter, it prints

It is probably related to the getline Template Function Reads Extra Character bug in MSVC++6. Applying the fix given in that page (which is re-expressed in "getline" bug fix for Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0) should solve the problem.

thanks laserlight. I compiled the code using g++, and it works perfectly~

it also works after i made the modification to msvc

While you're at it, mucking around with the system header files, might as well take care of the other "issues" with MSVC.

Damn MSVC sure has issues