std::streambuf::setp and std::streambuf::epptr()

[Christopher Pisz]

I am trying to empty and reset my internal buffer in my derived sync method.

Am I correct in assuming I can call setp( std::streambuf: :pbase(),
std::streambuf: :pbase()); to reset the internal buffer?

Also, I am unsure whether the pointer returned by epptr() is supposed to
point just beyond the end of the sequence or at the last element of the
sequence? As such, should the second argument to my setp call be
std::streambuf: :pbase() + 1?

Thanks. I've got a book on streams coming for Christmas by the way. Yay!
References on the topic seem to be scarce, yet it is such a huge topic. I
guess most people ignore it as much as they can.

[James Kanze]

Re: std::streambuf: :setp and std::streambuf: :epptr()

On Dec 12, 9:12 am, "Christophe r Pisz" <some...@somewh ere.netwrote:

I am trying to empty and reset my internal buffer in my
derived sync method.

Am I correct in assuming I can call setp( std::streambuf: :pbase(),
std::streambuf: :pbase()); to reset the internal buffer?

It depends on what you want to do. If you simply want to clear
the buffer, making sure that the next attempt to write will end
up calling overflow() (where presumably, you'll reinitialize
it), then setting both pointers to NULL is the simplest
solution. If you want to initialize a new (empty) buffer, the
first pointer should be the address of the buffer, and the
second the address one past the end of the buffer.

Also, I am unsure whether the pointer returned by epptr() is
supposed to point just beyond the end of the sequence or at
the last element of the sequence?

One past the end. epptr() - pbase() is the length of the
buffer.

As such, should the second argument to my setp call be
std::streambuf: :pbase() + 1?

That would provide a buffer of size 1.

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