#include <boost/iostreams/device/file_descriptor.hpp>
#include <boost/iostreams/filtering_stream.hpp>
#include <boost/iostreams/get.hpp>
#include <iostream> 
#include <Windows.h> 

using namespace boost::iostreams; 

int main() 
{ 
  HANDLE handles[2];
  SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;
  ZeroMemory(&sa, sizeof(sa));
  sa.nLength = sizeof(sa);
  CreatePipe(&handles[0], &handles[1], &sa, 0); 

  char buffer[2] = { 'a', 'b' }; 
  DWORD written; 
  WriteFile(handles[1], buffer, 2, &written, NULL); 
  CloseHandle(handles[1]); 

  file_descriptor_source source(handles[0], close_handle); 
  filtering_istream is; 
  is.push(source); 

  std::cout << get(is) << std::endl; // 97 
  std::cout << get(is) << std::endl; // 98 
  std::cout << get(is) << std::endl; // should be: -1 (but is 0) 
  std::cout << get(is) << std::endl; // -1 
}