Re: [Boost-users] Stupid ostringstream question

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-27 16:51:13

Bill Lear wrote:
> I have been searching the world in vain for a stringstream that works
> with a static buffer, and does not use the heap for memory allocation.
> We have an application that uses lots (12-16Gb) of memory.  This puts
> a strain on the memory allocation routines, and when we want to create
> a small string we find that stringstream is very, very expensive, and
> sprintf into a static buffer much, much faster.
> 
> Does boost provide anything like this?

No, but there is std::(i/o)strstream. It's deprecated but it should work.