From: Neal D. Becker (ndbecker2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-07 10:41:54
Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> Fredrik Blomqvist wrote:
>
>> This was interesting, any chance of making this a separate, free
>> standing boost.component?
>
> If there is interest, we can probably ask a review for it. Given the tight
> review schedule, it might take a while.
>
>> Memory mapped file access have been briefly discussed before and a
>> posix/windows implementation of mem-mapped files by Craig Henderson
>> has been in the sandbox for quite some time.
>
> spirit::file_iterator has different implementations (through a policy),
> and works on posix/windows, using memory mapped files when available.
> Plus, there is a freestand version (std::fopen and friends). It uses
> Boost.IteratorAdaptor (new version).
I'm looking at your spirit::file_iterator impl. Looks pretty cool.
One question. Why do failures, such as failure to open mmap posix file,
return instead of throw?