Re: [boost] Re: boost.filesystem - rationale for copy_file

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-29 20:13:24

At 09:55 AM 1/28/2005, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
 >Jonathan Wakely <cow_at_[hidden]> writes:
 >...
 >|       ssize_t sz;
 >|       while ( (sz = ::read( infile, buf.get(), buf_sz )) > 0
 >|           && (sz = ::write( outfile, buf.get(), sz )) > 0 ) {}
 >
 >exactly the kindo thing that has been solved of the implementators for
 >the
 >    out << in.rdbuf();
 >case.

It is really up to the implementor. I'm happy with the current code, modulo 
any needed bug fixes. It seems too heavy-weight to use iostreams for such a 
simple problem.

--Beman