[cs13001] iostream and cmath include files
    Mikhail Nesterenko 
    mikhail at cs.kent.edu
       
    Mon Sep 16 22:51:33 EDT 2013
    
    
  
CSI students,
During today's lecture, I showed an example where math functions, such
as squrt(), appeared to compile without
   #include <cmath> 
directive. As it turns out Microsoft's Visual Studio implements
"iostream" include file such that it itself includes "cmath". That is,
if you use Microsoft's Visual Studio and have
   #include <iostream>
directive in your program, you implicitly include "cmath" as
well. This behavior is not a part of C++ standard, it does not work on
other platforms and you should not rely on it. That is, if you use
math functions make sure to include "cmath" include file.
Thanks,
-- 
Mikhail
    
    
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