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

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-11 12:06:02

> 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.

I made them thread-safe ;)
Anyway, the point is that I'm interested in iostream-like pipes.
I wanted to download them, but I dunno what the problem was, but could
not convice yahoo to give it to me :(
Will try again later.

Best,
John

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