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

From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-13 07:47:08

"Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:db1bn4$gad$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> Rob Stewart wrote:
>> From: "Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]>
>
> But speaking of "buf/stream," how about using "buf" and "stream"? E.g.,
>
>   typedef stream<file> filestream;
>   typedef buf<file>    filebuf;
>
>   typedef stream<array> arraystream;
>   typedef buf<array>    arraybuf;

I like these the best so far, particularly 'stream'. Thinking about seeing 
'buf' appearing in code some time in the future without all of the context 
in this thread is a little unsettling. Perhaps 'buf' should be 
un-abbreviated to 'buffer'? Although this fly's in the face of JW's thoughts 
on the non-buffer nature of streambuf.

After a quick re-read of your docs ( from a few months ago ), this comes to 
mind:

resource_stream
resource_streambuf

based on:

<quotation>
Concepts
The fundamental building blocks of the library are the concepts of a Source, 
which provides read access to a sequence of characters, a Sink, which 
provides write access to a sequence of characters, an InputFilter, which 
filters input read from a Source, and an OutputFilter, which filters output 
written to a Sink. Sources, Sinks and their refinements are called 
resources. InputFilters, OutputFilters and their refinements are called 
filters.
</quotation>

Jeff Flinn