[boost] Re: Any interest in iostream-like pipe?

From: Alexander Nasonov (alnsn-mycop_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-11 10:05:34

Larry Evans wrote:

> [snip]
> indicating some interest in combining thread safety and
> decoration.  It seems to me (a novice in threading) that
> what needs to be protected is the access to the end
> of the pipeline, i.e. the final streambuf, which is
> connected to the actual output medium (a file, or console or
> pipe).

Mine isn't connected to the actual medium. It works for yourself (and for 
pipe streams).

> Hence, I'm wondering if it's a good idea to
> combine the two in a ostream class.  I confess I haven't
> looked at your code, but I think it would be nice if
> somehow it could be streambuf thread safety could be separated
> from the {o,i}stream features which are only concerned with
> formatting.  Does that make sense?

Only pipestream is thread safe. Iostreams are not.

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