- more consistent naming:
* Versions that hold and manage their own memory:
IListStream, OListStream
* Versions that reference a fixed size external memory:
UIListStream, UOListStream
- use List storage instead of DynamicList within OListStream.
Avoids duplicate bookkeeping, more direct handling of resizing.
- reduce coding clutter, avoiding allocated pointers when possible.
IFstream and OFstream continue to use pointers since they handle
compressed files, other streams can do without them.
- for convenience and symmetry with OStringStream
STYLE: void return value for stream rewind() methods
- this makes it easier to design bidirectional streams
- resets the output buffer completely - implementing what rewind was
likely meant to have accomplished for many use cases.
STYLE: OSHA1stream reset() for symmetry. Deprecate rewind().
- use allocator class to wrap the stream pointers instead of passing
them into ISstream, OSstream and using a dynamic cast to delete
then. This is especially important if we will have a bidirectional
stream (can't delete twice!).
STYLE:
- file stream constructors with std::string (C++11)
- for rewind, explicit about in|out direction. This is not currently
important, but avoids surprises with any future bidirectional access.
- combined string streams in StringStream.H header.
Similar to <sstream> include that has both input and output string
streams.
