Streams: an open discussion

[Kyle Furlong]

surferjeff at excite.com wrote:
> The interface for InputStream and OutputStream is huge.  I often have to create
> my own streambufs in C++, which only requires implementing about 5 methods.  If
> I want to write my own class that implements InputStream, then I have to
> implement about 50 methods, and another 50 if I want to implement OutputStream
> too!
> 
> It would useful if there were smaller interfaces.  For example, a read() method
> and eof() for input, and that's it.  Then have a util class that takes one of
> these small interfaces and implements the full 50 methods in the bigger
> interface.
> 
> Yes, I could do this in my own code, but I think many people will have to
> re-invent this wheel in D, and each re-invention will be different and not
> interchangeable.
> 
> 

Phobos sucks. There I said it. :-)

In other news, there is a library called Mango on www.dsource.org which you may find useful.