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

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-13 14:03:53

David Abrahams wrote:
> "Jeff Flinn" writes:
>> "Jonathan Turkanis" wrote in message

>>> But speaking of "buf/stream," how about using "buf" and "stream"?
>>> E.g.,

>> 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.

> Sounds like stream<X> and streambuf<X> might be a good choice.

I'm afraid that readers of library documentation and user code will get
boost::iostreams::streambuf and std::streambuf mixed up. Otherwise, it would be
my first choice.

Jonathan