--- Comment #6 from don dot wakefield at gmail dot com 2010-09-10 14:06
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Re: comment 5 - what is needed is for filebuf::seekoff(0,ios::cur) to:
1) *not* invalidate the buffer
2) *not* move the file pointer
since all that special case asks is "where am I in the 'log
--- Comment #8 from don dot wakefield at gmail dot com 2010-09-10 14:54
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Paolo, yes, _M_file.seekoff(0,cur) would return the current physical file
position, and then filebuf::seekoff would adjust the returned pos_type to
reflect the position within the *logical* file, framed by the
--- Comment #10 from don dot wakefield at gmail dot com 2010-09-10 15:15
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(In reply to comment #9)
> Ok. I don't think we should change the code to deal such specially with off ==
> 0, if we are going to change it we should decouple the return value from what
> the u
--- Comment #12 from don dot wakefield at gmail dot com 2010-09-10 15:24
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(In reply to comment #11)
> Sure. What I meant - contrary to wait you said, I think - is that an elegant
> and complete solution to this issue involves changing much more generally our
> code t
--- Comment #52 from don dot wakefield at gmail dot com 2010-09-17 21:11
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(In reply to comment #51)
> ...As a matter of fact, many users found it also quite easy to
> use, because - in case wasn't clear already from my previous comments -
> **nobody ever** complained
