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make_printable

Helper to permit a buffer sequence to be printed to a std::ostream.

Synopsis

Defined in header <boost/beast/core/make_printable.hpp>

template<
    class ConstBufferSequence>
implementation-defined
make_printable(
    ConstBufferSequence const& buffers);
Description

This function is used to wrap a buffer sequence to allow it to be interpreted as characters and written to a std::ostream such as std::cout. No character translation is performed; unprintable and null characters will be transferred as-is to the output stream.

Example

This function prints the size and contents of a buffer sequence to standard output:

template < class ConstBufferSequence>
void
print (ConstBufferSequence const & buffers)
{
    std::cout <<
        "Buffer size: " << buffer_bytes(buffers) << " bytes\n"
        "Buffer data: '" << make_printable(buffers) << "'\n" ;
}
Parameters

Name

Description

buffers

An object meeting the requirements of ConstBufferSequence to be streamed. The implementation will make a copy of this object. Ownership of the underlying memory is not transferred, the application is still responsible for managing its lifetime.


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