[Dev-C++] [?] Difference between output formatting styles

[nada <na...@ca...>]

Why does Dev-C++ compile the following just fine:

         cout.setf(ios::fixed,ios::floatfield);
         cout.setf(ios::showpoint);
         cout<<setprecision(2)<<number<<endl;

yet yields a "fixed undeclared" error on:

         cout<<fixed<<showpoint<<setprecision(2)<<number<<endl;

Both include <iomanip>.

It seems that most textbooks use the last style.  Deitel & Deitel is the 
only text I have here that uses the first style.   I am using a newer text 
by Malik which claims to be ANSI/ISO compliant.  It uses the first 
style.  And says the last style is Standard C++.

What's up?

TIA.


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