31 Input/output library [input.output]

31.5 Iostreams base classes [iostreams.base]

31.5.2 Class ios_base [ios.base]

31.5.2.2 Types [ios.types]

31.5.2.2.6 Class ios_base​::​Init [ios.init]

namespace std { class ios_base::Init { public: Init(); Init(const Init&) = default; ~Init(); Init& operator=(const Init&) = default; private: static int init_cnt; // exposition only }; }
The class Init describes an object whose construction ensures the construction of the eight objects declared in <iostream> ([iostream.objects]) that associate file stream buffers with the standard C streams provided for by the functions declared in <cstdio>.
For the sake of exposition, the maintained data is presented here as:
  • static int init_cnt, counts the number of constructor and destructor calls for class Init, initialized to zero.
Init();
Effects: Constructs and initializes the objects cin, cout, cerr, clog, wcin, wcout, wcerr, and wclog if they have not already been constructed and initialized.
~Init();
Effects: If there are no other instances of the class still in existence, calls cout.flush(), cerr.flush(), clog.flush(), wcout.flush(), wcerr.flush(), wclog.flush().