buffered input

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 2/6/11 8:57 PM, Robert Jacques wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:43:47 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> On 2/6/11 6:01 EST, Tomek Sowiński wrote:
>>> Nick Sabalausky napisał:
>>>
>>>> discard and fetch?
>>>
>>> I like that.
>>
>> What's missing is the part that they refer to front. Maybe
>> discardFromFront() and fetchToFront()? But then I like
>> discardFromFront() and appendToFront() better - the latter is about as
>> long and more informative.
>>
>> Don't forget that these are relatively rarely used.
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>>
>
> Actually, I don't think these functions would be relatively rarely used.
> I don't see that many people using a buffered input's popFront. Instead
> I see shiftFront in its place and an appendToFront call has to be made
> whenever buffer.front.empty.

Both byLine and byChunk are buffered inputs, are often used, and will 
have seldom use for the added functions.

Andrei