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Description of problem:
The streambuf::in_avail() method always returns zero.  This simple
example program downloaded from cplusplus.com demonstrates the problem:

// in_avail () example
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main () {

  streamsize size;
  char ch;

  streambuf * pbuf;
  pbuf = cin.rdbuf();

  cout << "Please enter some characters: ";
  cin >> ch;

  size = pbuf->in_avail();

  cout << "The first character you entered is: " << ch << endl;
  cout << size << " additional characters in input buffer" << endl;

  return 0;
}

// End of in_avail () example

When compiling and running on the supplied system/architecture, the
program will always report "0 additional characters in input buffer"
no matter how many there really are.  This is true for all stream
classes that use streambuf.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libstdc++-3.2.2-5

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Compile the example code
2. Execute the example code
3. Enter a short phrase when prompted
    

Actual Results:  The first character entered is properly reported, and
"0 additional characters in input buffer" is always reported.

Expected Results:  The actual number of characters remaining in the
buffer being reported correctly.

Additional info:

This bug existed in previous standard c++ library packages. 
Considering that there is no other way to see if input is waiting on
an input stream, this problem really needs to be fixed.  It's not
really possible to use C++ streams in a good user interface as long as
this bug exists.