Re: [boost] Subject: Formal Review of Proposed Boost.Process library starts tomorrow

Subject: Re: [boost] Subject: Formal Review of Proposed Boost.Process library starts tomorrow
From: Ilya Sokolov (ilyasokol_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-09 02:16:10

On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:57:43 +0500, Boris Schaeling wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:26:57 +0100, Vicente Botet  
> [snip]
>
>> [...]Instead of just defining them for POSIX
>>
>> #if defined(BOOST_POSIX_API)
>>     pipe()  : stype_(unknown_stream)  { }
>>     pipe(stream_type stype) : stype_(stype)  { }
>> #endif
>>
>> You can add the respective constructors for WINDOWS, even if the  
>> parameter
>> is completely ignored.
>>
>> #if defined(BOOST_WINDOWS_API)
>>     pipe() { }
>>     pipe(stream_type /*stype*/)  {    }
>> #endif
>>
>> The same applies to all the behaviors using stream_type.
>
> The use case would be to create a stand-alone pipe outside of  
> Boost.Process?

Another use case would be to support pipes between child and parent
with unusual direction, i.e. stdin used for output and stdout/strerr
used for input. In current version it is possible on posix,
but impossible on windows.

> [snip]