<string> and getline

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From: Adrian Robson
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 16:34

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There does not appear to be a getline function
in the draft standard for <string>.
However, in Plauger's book on the standard libraries, 
his version of <string> does have a getline function.
What is the intention of the standard? 

Thanks for any clarification of this matter.

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