[boost] Re: [iostreams] names for non-blocking character properties

Caleb Epstein wrote:

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 20:29:17 -0700, Jonathan Turkanis <technews@kangaroologic.com> > Here are the names I've thought of:

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good: good, is_good eof: eof, is_eof fail: fail, eagain, is_eagain, would_block, should_retry

I like "good" and "eof" as they are familiar from "native" iostreams and seem to map well to the asynchronous case. I think fail is perhaps too strong in this context however, and eagain is too "unix-y". My preference for this property would be "would_block".

Thanks for your feedback. would_block is unix-y too, no? Jonathan