Re: [Boost-users] boost::iostream - returning EOF in device::writeand set failbit

Hello Petro,

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would the eofbit be set if I return EOF in device::write? How can I set failbit from device?

Does it make sense for write to return EOF? EOF means "no more data". But writing is inserting data, not requesting it.

If you write to a socket and the peer has already closed the socket you get an EPIPE error. How would you propagate this to your application? Oliver