Re: [boost] [iostreams] names for non-blocking character properties

From: Caleb Epstein (caleb.epstein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-08 10:42:36

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 20:29:17 -0700, Jonathan Turkanis
<technews_at_[hidden]> > Here are the names I've thought of:
> 
>    good:  good, is_good
>    eof:     eof, is_eof
>    fail:     fail, eagain, is_eagain, would_block, should_retry

I like "good" and "eof" as they are familiar from "native" iostreams
and seem to map well to the asynchronous case.  I think fail is
perhaps too strong in this context however, and eagain is too
"unix-y".  My preference for this property would be "would_block".

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