Re: [boost] IOStreams formal review -- extended

From: Bronek Kozicki (brok_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-05 04:06:51

Jeff Garland wrote:
> The Iostreams Library serves two main purposes:
> 
> * To allow the easy creation of standard C++ stream and stream buffer classes
> for new data sources and sinks.

Sorry for jumping with this question out of nowhere : is it possible to 
use Iostreams to provide stream-like access to sockets, ie. make 
platform-independent abstraction over platform-dependent sockets library?

B.