where are the definitions for the cout, cin objects placed?

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Are they in the namespace std? or in the header file ? I have heard that only contains the prototype of functions and not the definitions. Am I right?

They aren't functions, they're objects. – chris Sep 28 '14 at 17:45 — chris, Sep 28 '14 at 17:45
Look for the C++ standard library source code. – zmbq Sep 28 '14 at 17:50 — zmbq, Sep 28 '14 at 17:50

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '14 at 17:51

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cout and cin (and cerr as well) are namespace-scope objects (not functions) in namespace std. They're declared in the header <iostream>. Their definition is technically an implementation detail — in practice, it is most likely in the C++ runtime library.

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Also, their types are defined in the header. – Deduplicator Sep 28 '14 at 17:52

where are the definitions for the cout, cin objects placed?

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