Re: [Boost-users] ASIO async I/O with iostream?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] ASIO async I/O with iostream?
From: Igor R (boost.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-09 16:18:55

> I found an example (below) but it seems to be pretty much the same as my
> current code to write to a character array and copy the buffer into the stream.

The advantage of asio::streambuf is that it has input and output
areas, so you can perform i/o in a convenient manner. Look into
examples/reference/tutorial for details.

> It also looks like it might choke if the read was larger than 512 bytes.

It will not "choke", the completion handler will be called when it's full.