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bool binary has no effect with ofFile on Windows
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Description
To reproduce:
ofFile save("somethingToWrite.txt", ofFile::WriteOnly, true);
save << 256;
save.close();
this will create a text file with the contents "256" in ASCII.
I'm not 100% sure this is the correct usage pattern for the binary argument.
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Research direction
Start at the ofFile constructor using ofFile::WriteOnly and its binary argument, then trace the save << 256 and close() path on Windows. Compare the resulting file with the requested binary behavior and verify that the reproduction no longer produces the reported text output.
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- Tech stack
- cpp
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- operating-systems
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- Bug
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