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

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-13 13:54:23

Jeff Flinn wrote:
> "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.

This is the only reason I'm still undecided.

> Perhaps 'buf' should be
> un-abbreviated to 'buffer'?

There's already a pretty useful, but undocumented template called buffer. It
implements ... a 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

Unfortunately nobody but me liked the term "resource," so I switched to
"device."

Thanks for taking the time to write.

> Jeff Flinn

Jonathan