Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Binary parsers

[Rodrigo M. <rod...@gm...>]

>
> So are you saying that storing a binary block of data (say an image) into a
>> string is okay?
>> Boost has a buffer class made for this. If you want integration with boost
>> you need to use boost.
>>
>> It makes no sense at all to put strings into every message.
>>
>
> It's possible to specialize the message to support different containers.
> Something like this:
>
> namespace boost { namespace network {
> template <>
> struct string<binary_parser_tag> {
>     typedef boost::array<T, 1024> type;
> };
> }}
>
> Or whatever structure suits your needs.  See
> <boost/network/message/traits/string.hpp>
>
>


So why not make this a buffer (or array) directly?
Why have you choosen this string specialization path?

Thank you,
Rodrigo