Re: istream_iterator_limited

From: Frederick Gotham (cauldwell.thomas_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-11-21 09:36:00

Frederick Gotham wrote:

> - - - - THE IDEA I CAME UP WITH:
> 
> Open the file using "ifstream", and then use a special iterator that
> will stop reading from the file after 32 bytes, with syntax like this:
> 
>     ifstream logfile("log.txt");
> 
>     hex( istream_iterator_limited<char>(logfile,32),
> istream_iterator_limited<char>(), g_some_global_container.begin() );

No takers on this?

For the time being I have it in my own personal Boost stash and I use it from 
time to time when inputting from a file directly into a function like "hex".