Accessors, byLine, input ranges

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:53:50 -0500, Michel Fortin  
<michel.fortin at michelf.com> wrote:

> On 2010-01-29 10:49:34 -0500, "Steven Schveighoffer"  
> <schveiguy at yahoo.com> said:
>
>> ugh... much simpler with a true stream-like range that supports what is  
>>  natural for streams:
>>  for(int i = 0; i < count && !range.empty; i++) {
>>     elements ~= range.get();
>> }
>>  But of course, then this function doesn't work for other range types.   
>> I  decided in that discussion long ago that stream ranges were going to  
>> suck.
>
> You can always define a generic take() like this:
>
> 	E take(R, E)(ref R range) {
> 		E element = range.front;
> 		range.popFront();
> 		return element;
> 	}
>
> This will work for any forward range.
>

Except stream ranges.  I don't get it...

-Steve