From: Dylan Trotter (trotterdylan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-09 17:03:26
Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Dylan Trotter wrote:
>
>
>>The more I think about this problem, the more I think it's about stream
>>buffers instead of the actual streams.
>
>
> Ok, that seems to make sense for your use case, but then it's completely
> unrelated to file management, and shouldn't even be part of boost::filesystem
> (but rather boost::iostream).
You're absolutely right about that. I wasn't suggesting what library it
should belong to. Regardless, though, the temporary file facilities
should be organized together and not strung out over a number of
different libraries.
> Files and streams are completely orthogonal concepts and should be treated
> that way. Temporaries are no exception.
It sounds like you have a good idea of the concepts involved, perhaps
you could enlighten me as to their nature.
Dylan