Re: [Boost-users] boost::iostreams de/compress data from memory question.

From: eg (egoots_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-20 12:49:52

CPPer wrote:

> int main() 
> {
> 	using namespace std;
> 
> 	ifstream file("hello.gz", ios_base::in | ios_base::binary);
> 	io::filtering_istream in;
> 	in.push(io::gzip_decompressor());
> 	in.push(file);
> 
> 	std::string stir;
> 
> 	in >> stir;

The >> operators work on a character basis... they dont work well on 
binary data.  Try initializing your string differently and see if you 
have better luck (similarly later on in your example).