A few weeks ago, a discussion that followed the demonstration of the binary_iostream library made me think about the standard C++ I/O and what I would expect from an I/O model.
Now I have a preliminary design document ready and would like to have some feedback from the Boost community on it.
The document can be found here: http://windmuehlgasse.getdesigned.at/newio/
Sebastian Redl
Seems iteresting. There is a small problem on this line (main page): Noteworthy readers/writers are StringReader/Writer, *for in-memory I/O*, and InputStreamReader and OutputStreamWriter, which wrap binary streams and do on-the-fly character conversion. The for in-memory I/O seems to be a copy paste error. Others than this, I don't have much to says. Just a word on formatting: we need a better way than iostream for specifying formatting option. When I need to print number, I often go back to printf. The actual system is to clumsy. Regards, // I am supposed to put this on the bottom of a mail? // seems like some do other put Best regards (and others nothings) // I suppose it is the equivalent of 'Cordialement' in French -- Cédric Venet