On Tuesday, 22 March 2016 at 07:17:41 UTC, Hanh wrote:
Hi all,
I'm trying to process a rather large file as an InputRange and
run into something strange with byChunk / take.
void test() {
auto file = new File("test.txt");
auto input = file.byChunk(2).joiner;
input.take(3).array;
foreach (char c; input) {
writeln(c);
}
}
Let's say test.txt contains "123456".
The output will be
3
4
5
6
The "take" consumed one chunk from the file, but if I increase
the chunk size to 4, then it won't.
It looks like if "take" spans two chunks, it affects the input
range otherwise it doesn't.
Actually, what is the easiest way to read a large file as a
stream? My file contains a bunch of serialized messages of
variable length.
Thanks,
--h
I have the feeling that it's related to the forward only nature
of an InputRange. All would be ok with a take(N)+popFrontN
method. I'm going to keep looking.
