// A helper function to simplify the main part.
template<class T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const vector<T>& v)
{
    copy(v.begin(), v.end(), ostream_iterator<T>(cout, " ")); /* this is line 21 */
    return os;
}

SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH

// A helper function to simplify the main part.
template<class T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const vector<T>& v)
{
    copy(v.begin(), v.end(), ostream_iterator<T>(os, " ")); /* this is line 21: "os" replaces "cout" */
    return os;
}