Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] HTTP 1.1 and Chunked Transfer Encoding

[Dean M. B. <mik...@gm...>]

Hi Jeroen!

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Jeroen Habraken <vex...@gm...> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 08:07, Dean Michael Berris
> <mik...@gm...> wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
[snip]
>
> This is some very nice progress,

Thanks!

> there is one thing that comes to mind
> though considering chunked transfers. These can get very large, and
> storing them in a string could lead to a lot of reallocations of that
> string I believe.

Yeah, unless you use an ostringstream which manages memory better than
the normal string.

> Maybe a rope,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_(computer_science), is an option as
> a data structure to store the chunks.
>

Yup, but unfortunately they aren't part of the standard C++ library IIRC.

> I'll have a proper look at the interface you propose tonight if I have time.

Thanks, feedback is very much appreciated!

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