Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of IostreamsRoadmap

Timestamp:

Feb 2, 2008, 4:33:45 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Jonathan Turkanis

Comment:

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IostreamsRoadmap

@@ -7 +7 @@
     a. sharing of buffers between chain elements, à la [http://www.apachetutor.org/dev/brigades APR bucket brigades]
     b. scatter/gather operations
- 3. New abstractions improving the standard library iostreams:
+ 3. String algorithms based on filter pipelines
+ 4. New abstractions improving the standard library iostreams:
     a. Provide more metadata about a stream/stream buffer, e.g.,
        i. [http://boost.org/libs/iostreams/doc/guide/modes.html mode]
@@ -13 +14 @@
     b. more fine-grained stream state
     c. support for asynchronous and non-blocking I/O (see below)
- 4. Support for asynchronous and non-blocking I/O
+    d. copyable or movable
+ 5. Support for asynchronous and non-blocking I/O
     a. asio compatibility
     b. asynchronous and non-blocking device concepts
     c. abstractions for performing I/O using large collections of asynchronous/non-blocking chains [hopefully this can be implemented using asio]
- 5. Better documentation
+ 6. Better documentation
+    a. Example of writing a symmetric filter
+    b. Code templates for writing each type of Filter or Device, showing which member functions are required (if the user chooses to use member functions)
+    c. Documentation of the interface for customizing the free iostreams functions read, write, etc.
+    d. FAQ
+