Re: String to Stream

Eric Gorr wrote:

Jochem Maas wrote:

Eric Gorr wrote:

Jochem Maas wrote:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.stream-wrapper-register.php is as

close as it gets I think. - total overkill for manipulating strings IMHO - (me thinks there is atleast one other in agreement) - there is a reason php has all those built in string functions :-)

And there are good reasons why other very intelligent people thought that including such functionality directly in the C++ STL and many other libraries was a good idea too.

indeed - but php !== c++ obviously. personally I don't get your angle on this one, but like Jay I'd be interested to know how you think this might be useful - so if you could give an explicit (as poss.) example it might help us to understand.

Well, as I mentioned before, you are welcome to look into the surrounding useful examples for istringstream, etc. I can't think of a single reason why similar reasons why istringstream, etc. is useful would not apply to a php stream_wrapper for strings.

I know google - the c++ stuff is a little (my first understatement of the day :-) over my head - couldn't find anything that made things clearer for me.

As for why things like istringstream, etc. are useful, you can also head over comp.lang.c++ and ask...I, quite simply, have no interest in a debate or discussion I already know the final answer to....i.e. it is

thanks for the heads up.

useful.

some people would say the same about guns - I don't get that either.

btw do you think the functionality surrounding stream_wrapper_register() will do it for you?

I don't see any reason why not at the moment.

thats good I guess :-)