Re: [Boost-users] [iostreams] Hang when constructing an xml_iarchive with non-existent source

Paul Giaccone wrote:

* is_complete() returns true when the source is a non-existent file * the constructor for xml_iarchive hangs when it is given a stream that has a non-existent file as its source

Is this correct behaviour or a bug? Of course, it is the programmer's responsibility to ensure the source exists, but a hang rather than an exception seems suggests to me that something has been overlooked in the library.

without more information its hard to know. inside of what function is it hanging? Robert Ramey