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

From: Alexander Nasonov (alnsn-mycop_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-13 07:56:17

graydon hoare wrote:
> an inter-thread pipe might also be referred to as a synchronization
> channel, if you want to avoid confusion about names (pipes being a
> particular OS object).
> 
> -graydon

Synchronization channel sounds good except that stream names are too long.

synchronization_channel channel; // good

// too long?
synchronization_channel_istream in(channel);
synchronization_channel_ostream out(channel);

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