[Boost-users] newbie - boost::shared_ptr of type stringstream using << operator?

From: Ed Johnson (ed_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-14 14:32:29

Hi,

  Is it possible to use shared_ptr to manage stringstreams, and still 
use the << operator on the stringstream?

example:

//I would like to print 'hello world!' in both cases
#include <iostream>

boost::shared_ptr< std::stringstream > sharedStream(new 
std::stringstream("hello world"));

(*sharedStream) << "!";
std::cerr << (*sharedStream).str() << std::endl;

std::stringstream tr;
tr << "hello world";
tr << "!";
std::cerr << tr.str() << std::endl;

output:

!elloworld
hello world!

Many thanks,

Ed Johnson