Re: [Boost-users] Stupid ostringstream question

Bill Lear wrote:

I have been searching the world in vain for a stringstream that works with a static buffer, and does not use the heap for memory allocation. We have an application that uses lots (12-16Gb) of memory. This puts a strain on the memory allocation routines, and when we want to create

Which platform?

a small string we find that stringstream is very, very expensive, and sprintf into a static buffer much, much faster.

Does boost provide anything like this?

Have you looked at the boost::iostream library which abstracts out sources/sinks that you can use with buffers that you control? Also have you looked at the boost::format library as a typesafe replacement for sprintf? Jeff Flinn