Thread: Alternative to ifstream?

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    Alternative to ifstream?

    Hi,

    I've been making a modification for a game called Half-Life. Basically it produces a dll that alters how the game runs. Anyway, my modification reads from some text files, and it does so by using ifstream. I think I heard that you shouldn't use ifstream, for some reason. Is this right? If so, what's the alternative? Or is it OK?

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    Of course you can use fstream. What argument was given against it?

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    There's nothing wrong with ifstream that I've heard of.
    The alternatives would be the C functions: fopen(), fclose(), fread(), fwrite()... or calling OS specific functions directly, or using some third party functions like in Boost...
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