std::basic_stringbuf::setbuf(3)

NAME
std::basic_stringbuf::setbuf - std::basic_stringbuf::setbuf

Synopsis
   protected:
   virtual std::basic_streambuf<CharT, Traits>* setbuf( char_type* s, std::streamsize
   n )
   If s is a null pointer and n is zero, this function has no effect.
   Otherwise, the effect is implementation-defined: some implementations do nothing,
   while some implementations clear the std::string member currently used as the buffer
   and begin using the user-supplied character array of size n, whose first element is
   pointed to by s, as the buffer and the input/output character sequence.
   This function is protected virtual, it may only be called through pubsetbuf() or
   from member functions of a user-defined class derived from std::basic_stringbuf.

Parameters
   s - pointer to the first CharT in the user-provided buffer or null
   n - the number of CharT elements in the user-provided buffer or zero

Return value
   this

Notes
   The deprecated stream buffer std::strstreambuf or the boost.IOStreams device
   boost::basic_array may be used to implement I/O buffering over a user-provided char
   array in portable manner.

Example
   Test for the stringstream's setbuf functionality. // Run this code
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 int main()
 {
     std::ostringstream ss;
     char c[1024] = {};
     ss.rdbuf()->pubsetbuf(c, 1024);
     ss << 3.14 << '\n';
     std::cout << c << '\n';
 }

Output:
 3.14 (on GNU g++/libstdc++ and SunPro C++/roguewave)
 <nothing> (on MS Visual Studio 2010, SunPro C++/stlport4, CLang++/libc++)

See also
   pubsetbuf invokes setbuf()
             (public member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)