Re: [boost] Re: Re: [iostreams] Major interace changes planned -- comments requested

From: Matthew Vogt (mattvogt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-09 18:20:56

> Suppose you write a filter which expect ASCII characters. You might want
> to
> perform arithmetic operations on characters, e.g.
> 
>     if (c >= 65 && c < 91)
>         c += 32; // Convert to lowercase.
> 

Surely this is something you would want to discourage?

> I'm not sure if the safe-bool conversion is worth all this trouble.
> Fortunately,
> it's not a majpr design change. I'll soon be writing lots of non-blocking
> filters, and I can try both versions.
> 

Well, that's certainly the best way to know.  I hope it works out.

Matt
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