Re: [Boost-users] Binary (non-character-based) file iterators

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Binary (non-character-based) file iterators
From: Jason Felice (jason.m.felice_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-21 20:08:47

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Scott McMurray <me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 2009/12/21 Jason Felice <jason.m.felice_at_[hidden]>:
>> I'm looking for binary (value_type = unsigned char) input and output
>> iterators for files.  This is as opposed to a character base iterator
>> (which rules out ostream_iterator<>).
>>
>
> If you can accept char instead of unsigned char, then use the standard
> streambuf iterators, istreambuf_iterator and ostreambuf_iterator.

Can I rely on there being no character set or line ending translation
for an istream_iterator<char>, even with ios::binary?  I thought not.