Overload handling of std::endl?

Question

I want to define a class MyStream so that:

MyStream myStream;
myStream << 1 << 2 << 3 << std::endl << 5 << 6         


        

Answer 1

You can't change std::endl - as it's name suggests it is a part of the C++ Standard Library and its behaviour is fixed. You need to change the behaviour of the stream itself, when it receives an end of line . Personally, I would not have thought this worth the effort, but if you want to venture into this area I strongly recommend reading the book Standard C++ IOStreams & Locales.