Comments on: New Streaming Library http://arduiniana.org/2009/04/new-streaming-library/ Arduino software jewellery and wisdom by Mikal Hart Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:40:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Albert http://arduiniana.org/2009/04/new-streaming-library/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Albert Sat, 16 May 2009 12:51:16 +0000 http://arduiniana.org/?p=281#comment-67 Dear Mikal, Streaming is an important c++ feature, therefore I don’t understand why includement of the Streaming library is rejected. I shall post a message on the Arduino Playground. I have some improvements for the Flash, PString and Streaming libraries and I found some minor bugs. Look for *Albert in the files for the changes. You can find my files here: http://www.esnips.com/web/Arduino/ Streaming.h endl improved, uses less machine code. Maybe you can rename Streaming to ostream.h? This is more familiar with the c++ libraries. streaming_example.pde I added an automatic unit test using PString and assert. I send you the other files soon. Yours sincerely, Albert Maastricht, Netherlands Dear Mikal,

Streaming is an important c++ feature, therefore I don’t understand why includement of the Streaming library is rejected. I shall post a message on the Arduino Playground.
I have some improvements for the Flash, PString and Streaming libraries and I found some minor bugs. Look for *Albert in the files for the changes. You can find my files here: http://www.esnips.com/web/Arduino/

Streaming.h
endl improved, uses less machine code.
Maybe you can rename Streaming to ostream.h? This is more familiar with the c++ libraries.

streaming_example.pde
I added an automatic unit test using PString and assert.

I send you the other files soon.

Yours sincerely,
Albert
Maastricht, Netherlands

]]> By: Mikal http://arduiniana.org/2009/04/new-streaming-library/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Mikal Mon, 11 May 2009 18:15:47 +0000 http://arduiniana.org/?p=281#comment-57 Albert, thanks for the comments. I tried to suggest to the Arduino staff that this was a useful thing to include in the Arduino core, but they rejected it on the grounds that they want to try to keep a consistent "look and feel". I would be happy to have the library in the "Contributed Libraries" list, and some of mine are, but I don't have control over that list. If you feel strongly about it, I might suggest posting a message on the <a href="http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl" rel="nofollow">Arduino Playground</a>. Thanks again! Mikal Albert, thanks for the comments. I tried to suggest to the Arduino staff that this was a useful thing to include in the Arduino core, but they rejected it on the grounds that they want to try to keep a consistent “look and feel”. I would be happy to have the library in the “Contributed Libraries” list, and some of mine are, but I don’t have control over that list.

If you feel strongly about it, I might suggest posting a message on the Arduino Playground.

Thanks again!

Mikal

]]> By: Albert http://arduiniana.org/2009/04/new-streaming-library/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Albert Mon, 11 May 2009 13:12:40 +0000 http://arduiniana.org/?p=281#comment-54 Thanks Mikal for the library, The Streaming library indeed takes no extra machine code. The generated machine code is the same as with using Serial.print(). Because the Arduino is c++ programmable, stream I/O is an important feature, which is now available. It would be good if this library become part of the Arduino core and added to the Language Reference. Or can you let put your library to the Contributed Libraries list? See here reference\Libraries.html Albert Thanks Mikal for the library,

The Streaming library indeed takes no extra machine code. The generated machine code is the same as with using Serial.print().

Because the Arduino is c++ programmable, stream I/O is an important feature, which is now available. It would be good if this library become part of the Arduino core and added to the Language Reference. Or can you let put your library to the Contributed Libraries list? See here reference\Libraries.html

Albert

]]> By: Mikal http://arduiniana.org/2009/04/new-streaming-library/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Mikal Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:48:56 +0000 http://arduiniana.org/?p=281#comment-28 That makes some sense, Albert. I like to keep things uniform. Thanks for the suggestion. That makes some sense, Albert. I like to keep things uniform. Thanks for the suggestion.

]]> By: Albert http://arduiniana.org/2009/04/new-streaming-library/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Albert Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:20:09 +0000 http://arduiniana.org/?p=281#comment-27 Dear Mikal Hart, I miss some headers that describe your libraries in one line. The NewSoftSerial and Flash have a headers like this: NewSoftSerial. The header is: A New Software Serial Library for Arduino Flash. The header is: A library for ROM-based (PROGMEM) data Can you add headers to these libraries, here is a suggestion: Pstring / A lightweight class for handling formatted text Streaming / A New c++ like Input/Output Stream Library for Arduino Dear Mikal Hart,

I miss some headers that describe your libraries in one line.
The NewSoftSerial and Flash have a headers like this:

NewSoftSerial. The header is: A New Software Serial Library for Arduino
Flash. The header is: A library for ROM-based (PROGMEM) data

Can you add headers to these libraries, here is a suggestion:
Pstring / A lightweight class for handling formatted text
Streaming / A New c++ like Input/Output Stream Library for Arduino

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