Legalize access to file descriptors now! (So sue me.)

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@synopsys.COM> writes:

[...]

| Can anyone point to any standardization efforts that cover the C++
| equivalent to the C "in Posix but not in ANSI/ISO" ground?

I can't name any although the topic regualry pops up its head in committee
discussions.  While this is only remotely related, Beman is proposing
a filesystem interface for future extension to the C++ library.  His
current implementation takes advantage of POSIX where available.
I've also heard at multiple times that Matt is interested in
alternative file/stream model (e.g. things like memory mapped files);
maybe Bruce might want to get in contact with them. 

-- gaby