To manipulate or not to manipulate

[Dave]

Hello all,

It is unclear to me from reading my references on streams if anything that
can be done with a standard manipulator can also be done without
manipulators. Is the set of operations that can be done with manipulators
the same as the set of operations that can be performed without
manipulators?

Thanks,
Dave

 

[Mike Wahler]

Hello all,

It is unclear to me from reading my references on streams

What reference?

if anything that
can be done with a standard manipulator can also be done without
manipulators.

Yes it can. However, often a manipulator can
simplify code.

Is the set of operations that can be done with manipulators
the same as the set of operations that can be performed without
manipulators?

No. Some things cannot be done with manipulators.

-Mike