Re: [Boost-users] Compress to buffer

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Compress to buffer
From: Krzysztof Czainski (1czajnik_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-14 11:08:50

2014/1/14 Kenneth Adam Miller <kennethadammiller_at_[hidden]>

> I figured out how to do it:
> filtering_ostream fos;
> fos.push(back_insert_device<string>(x));
>
[...]

>  On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Kenneth Adam Miller <
>> kennethadammiller_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>> I have an object for which operator << is defined, myobj.
>>>
>>> I want to compress into a buffer, and I know that this can be done with
>>> boost. I would prefer a buffer that dynamically resizes, but that only
>>> allocates new space, preferably treating discontiguous space brought on by
>>> new allocations as though the whole buffer was one piece; I don't want to
>>> find that it's copying data at all. So vector won't work as a buffer;
>>> there's no need for it to be contiguous, just as fast as possible.
>>>
>>
Hi,

Did you satisfy your "no copying" requirement? How?

Was the requirement based only on performance concerns?

Regards,
Kris