deprecating std.stream, std.cstream, std.socketstream

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 04:43:05PM -0700, Sean Kelly wrote:
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> One thing I'd like in a buffered input API is a way to perform
> transactional reads such that if the full read can't be performed, the
> read state remains unchanged. The best you can do with most APIs is to
> check for a desired length, but what I'd I don't want to read until a
> full line is available, and I don't know the exact length?  Typically,
> you end up having to double buffer, which stinks. 

This would be very nice to have, but how would you go about implementing
such a thing, though? Wouldn't you need OS-level support for it?


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