Re: [boost] [iostreams] please vote on template names

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-11 22:10:55

Larry Evans wrote:

> I suggest:
>
>    device_filter_{streambuf,stream}
>
> instead of:
>
>    device_{streambuf,stream}
>
> because the following:
>
>    libs/iostreams/doc/policy_based_streams.html
>
> contains:
>
>    which performs i/o by delegating to a contained instance of a
>    policy class. The policy class must model one of the various
>    Filter or Device concepts.

Actually, I've decided not to document the fact that you can specify a filter
here rather than a device; it's only needed by the implementation. Thanks for
pointing out that passage; I've fixed it locally.

Jonathan