Accessors, byLine, input ranges

[Michel Fortin]

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.

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