# std::ios_base::ios_base

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| (1) |
private: ios_base( const ios_base& ); |  | (until C++11)
public: ios_base( const ios_base& ) = delete; |  | (since C++11)
protected: ios_base(); | (2) |

1) The copy constuctor is deleted: streams are not copyable

2) The default constructor is protected: only derived classes may construct `std::ios_base`. The internal state is undefined after the construction. The derived class must call `basic_ios::init()` to complete initialization before first use or before destructor, otherwise the behavior is undefined.

### Notes

The same applies to the constructors of the next class in the I/O hierarchy, std::basic_ios. Further-derived classes (std::istream and std::ostream) are always constructed with a concrete streambuffer object and call `basic_ios::init()`, possibly more than once, to complete initialization of their virtual base.

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