I'm trying to wrapper the MS COM object IStream such that it can be used within iostream,
etc. My initial analysis says I should clone basic_filebuf<>, thus creating a new template
derived from basic_streambuf<>, and replace the _Filet-style low level IO with IStream.
Deriving from basic_filebuf may be another possibility, but the actual IO calls are
scattered throughout the template, so cloning seems easier to this Standard Library
novice!

Questions:

1) Is this the best approach?  Am I cracking eggs with a sledge hammer here?

2) Is the *extremely* illegible implementation in MSVC 5.0 of the ios templates/classes
intentional? (what a mess...)

TIA,

    -k

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