Question

I’m using boost::tokenizer to read a CSV-like file. I’m storing the the tokens in a std::vector. It works well, but I want to store only a boost::iterator for each token.

I tried:

#include <string>
#include <boost/tokenizer.hpp>
#include <boost/range/iterator_range.hpp>

typedef std::string::const_iterator string_iter;
typedef boost::iterator_range<string_iter> string_view;

int main(){
    std::string line;

    std::vector<string_view> contents;

    boost::tokenizer<boost::escaped_list_separator<char>, string_iter, string_view> tok(line.begin(), line.end());
    contents.assing(tok.begin(), tok.end());
}

But it fails to compile:

/usr/include/boost/token_functions.hpp: In instantiation of ‘bool
boost::escaped_list_separator::operator()(InputIterator&, InputIterator, Token&) [with
InputIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator >; Token =
boost::iterator_range<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator > >; Char = char; Traits =
std::char_traits]’: /usr/include/boost/token_iterator.hpp:70:11:
required from ‘void boost::token_iterator::initialize() [with TokenizerFunc =
boost::escaped_list_separator; Iterator =
__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator >; Type = boost::iterator_range<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator > >]’
/usr/include/boost/token_iterator.hpp:77:63: required from
‘boost::token_iterator::token_iterator(TokenizerFunc, Iterator, Iterator) [with
TokenizerFunc = boost::escaped_list_separator; Iterator =
__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator >; Type = boost::iterator_range<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator > >]’ /usr/include/boost/tokenizer.hpp:86:53:
required from ‘boost::tokenizer::iter
boost::tokenizer::begin() const [with
TokenizerFunc = boost::escaped_list_separator; Iterator =
__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator >; Type = boost::iterator_range<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator > >; boost::tokenizer::iter =
boost::token_iterator,
__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator >, boost::iterator_range<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator > > >]’
/home/wichtounet/dev/gooda-to-afdo-converter/src/gooda_reader.cpp:58:37:
required from here /usr/include/boost/token_functions.hpp:187:16:
error: no match for ‘operator+=’ in ‘tok += (&
next)->__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<_Iterator,
_Container>::operator* >()’ /usr/include/boost/token_functions.hpp:193:11: error: no match for
‘operator+=’ in ‘tok += (&
next)->__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<_Iterator,
_Container>::operator* >()’ /usr/include/boost/token_functions.hpp: In instantiation of ‘void
boost::escaped_list_separator::do_escape(iterator&,
iterator, Token&) [with iterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator >; Token =
boost::iterator_range<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator > >; Char = char; Traits =
std::char_traits]’:
/usr/include/boost/token_functions.hpp:176:11: required from ‘bool
boost::escaped_list_separator::operator()(InputIterator&, InputIterator, Token&) [with
InputIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator >; Token =
boost::iterator_range<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator > >; Char = char; Traits =
std::char_traits]’ /usr/include/boost/token_iterator.hpp:70:11:
required from ‘void boost::token_iterator::initialize() [with TokenizerFunc =
boost::escaped_list_separator; Iterator =
__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator >; Type = boost::iterator_range<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator > >]’
/usr/include/boost/token_iterator.hpp:77:63: required from
‘boost::token_iterator::token_iterator(TokenizerFunc, Iterator, Iterator) [with
TokenizerFunc = boost::escaped_list_separator; Iterator =
__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator >; Type = boost::iterator_range<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator > >]’ /usr/include/boost/tokenizer.hpp:86:53:
required from ‘boost::tokenizer::iter
boost::tokenizer::begin() const [with
TokenizerFunc = boost::escaped_list_separator; Iterator =
__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator >; Type = boost::iterator_range<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator > >; boost::tokenizer::iter =
boost::token_iterator,
__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator >, boost::iterator_range<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator > > >]’
/home/wichtounet/dev/gooda-to-afdo-converter/src/gooda_reader.cpp:58:37:
required from here /usr/include/boost/token_functions.hpp:130:9:
error: no match for ‘operator+=’ in ‘tok += ‘\012’’
/usr/include/boost/token_functions.hpp:134:9: error: no match for
‘operator+=’ in ‘tok += (&
next)->__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<_Iterator,
_Container>::operator* >()’ /usr/include/boost/token_functions.hpp:138:9: error: no match for
‘operator+=’ in ‘tok += (&
next)->__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<_Iterator,
_Container>::operator* >()’ /usr/include/boost/token_functions.hpp:142:9: error: no match for
‘operator+=’ in ‘tok += (&
next)->__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<_Iterator,
_Container>::operator* >()’

I also simply tried to compute the two iterators by myself using the boost::token_iterator, but I haven’t been successful so far.

Is there a solution to get only the iterator range of each token instead of the string in order to save some performances ?

Answer 1

This can’t work. The tokenizer expects a type (the third template argument) which can be appended with the results of the tokenizer function. Specifically, it must provide the operator += ( tokenizer<...>::iterator::value_type ). The code snippet below should take you a step further, though I am not sure if it’s worth the effort…

#include <string>
#include <boost/tokenizer.hpp>
#include <boost/range/iterator_range.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstddef>

typedef std::string::const_iterator string_iter;
typedef boost::iterator_range<string_iter> string_view;

// a constant size character buffer, skips anything beyond CSize...
template< std::size_t CSize >
class assignable_view {
   std::size_t m_size;
   char m_buffer[CSize];

   friend std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& p_out, assignable_view const & p_view)
   {
      if (p_view.m_size > 0u) {
         std::copy(p_view.m_buffer, p_view.m_buffer + p_view.m_size, std::ostream_iterator<char>(p_out));
      }
      return p_out;
   }

public:
   template <class TIter>
   void operator += (TIter p_input) 
   {
      if (m_size < CSize) {
         m_buffer[m_size++] = p_input;
      }   
   }   
   assignable_view() 
      : m_size(0u) {}
};

int main(){
    std::string line
        = "Field 1,\"putting quotes around fields, allows commas\",Field 3";

    std::vector<string_view> contents;

    boost::tokenizer<
       boost::escaped_list_separator<char>, 
       string_iter, 
       assignable_view<11>    
    > tok(line.begin(), line.end());

    for (auto const & t_s : tok) {
       std::cout << t_s << std::endl;
    }
    //contents.assing(tok.begin(), tok.end());
}