[boost] Re: Re: [iostreams] Major interace changes planned -- commentsrequested

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-09 16:36:23

Matthew Vogt wrote:
> Jonathan Turkanis wrote:
>>>    if (c = boost::io::get(src))
>>>    {
>>>      // c is not EOF or EAGAIN
>>>      if (c == comment_char_)
>>
>>
>>          if (c.value() == comment_char_)
>>
>>
>>>      {
>>>        in_comment_ = true;
>>>        return this->get(src);
>>>      }
>>>    }
>>>    return c;
>>>  }
>>> }
>>
>>
>> I guess it looks okay with c.value(). What do you think?
>>
>
> Can the character class have operator==(char), or does this need to
> be a template?

To support both the implicit conversion to char and the safe bool conversion
we'd need to implement many more operators than operator==, and I think there
would still be problems with ambiguity.

Jonathan