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### 56. Showmanyc's return type

Section: 29.6.3 [streambuf] Status: TC1 Submitter: Matt Austern Opened: 1998-06-29 Last modified: 2016-01-28

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

The class summary for basic_streambuf<>, in 27.5.2, says that showmanyc has return type int. However, 27.5.2.4.3 says that its return type is streamsize.

Proposed resolution:

Change `showmanyc`'s return type in the 29.6.3 [streambuf] class summary to `streamsize`.