Re: [boost] sockets library

From: Rainer Deyke (root_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-19 22:29:44

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From: "Ross Smith" <r-smith_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] sockets library

> I'm convinced that iostreams should be reserved strictly for human
> readable text I/O, and not used for computer-to-computer communication,
> such as sockets.

Right now I'm using my own binary serialization layer on top of iostreams.
This allows me to read and write binary files.  Why should I need to change
my code if I want to read from / write to sockets instead?

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