Re: [Boost-users] Subject: Formal Review of Proposed Boost.Process library starts tomorrow

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Subject: Formal Review of Proposed Boost.Process library starts tomorrow
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-14 09:46:43

AMDG

On 2/11/2011 6:01 AM, Jeff Flinn wrote:
> So having stdin, stdout, stderr Initializers with constructors or
> factory functions:
>
> stdin_from()
> stdin_from(const path&)
> stdin_from(const file_descriptor_source&)
> stdin_from(const file_descriptor_ray&)
>
> stdout_to()
> stdout_to(const path&)
> stdout_to(const file_descriptor_sink&)
> stdout_to(const file_descriptor_ray&)
>
> stdout_to()
> stderr_to(const path&)
> stderr_to(const file_descriptor_sink&)
> stderr_to(const file_descriptor_ray&)
>
> is to me conceptually much simpler than dealing with stream behaviour,
> stream end and context classes. It also minimizes copying and heap
> allocated handles.
>

I have to say that I prefer the use of stream_id
to having separate functions for each stream.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe