[Dev-C++] Problem with 'std::cout' (?)

[Franco B. <fbr...@gm...>]

Dear Friends,

I observed an irregular (I think) comportment of 'std::cout'
reproduced by the simple test code below:


#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


int myFunc();     // simple test function prototype


// test program
int main()
{
   cout  << myFunc() << endl           // this block results
         << myFunc() << endl           // in an inverted
         << myFunc() << endl << endl;  // console output

   cout  << myFunc() << endl;          // this block results
   cout  << myFunc() << endl;          // in a correct
   cout  << myFunc() << endl << endl;  // console output

   system("PAUSE");
   return 0;
}


// simple test function implementation
int myFunc()
{
   static int i = 1024;
   i /= 2;
   return i;
}


The console output for this code is:


128
256
512

64
32
16

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The questions:
The two 'cout' blocks act in a different manner! (?)
Why the first chained block results in an inverted output?
Does not the insert operator '<<' act from left to right?

Obs.: I'm using
      Dev-C++ 4.9.9.2,
      Win XP 5.1,
      g++ (1/29/2005).


TIA,
Franco Brancaccio
fbr...@gm...