[STDCXX-249] std::operator>>(istream, string&) inefficient

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.2.1
• Component/s: 21. Strings

Environment

all

• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Severity: Inefficiency
• Assignee: Travis Vitek
• Reporter: Martin Sebor
• Created: 01/Jul/06 02:28
• Updated: 14/Feb/08 08:48
• Resolved: 14/Feb/08 08:48

Description

The string extractor reads and appends one character at a time. It could be made more efficient by extracting and appending all non-whitespace characters that are available in the buffer in chunks. See the definition of the operator here:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/stdcxx/trunk/include/istream.cc?revision=383265