From ec51d8fd037cbdfcee7fcf5dbada906451cd1633 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erick Tryzelaar <erick.tryzelaar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:22:50 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] std: Add helpers to simplify making str io::writers

---
 src/libstd/io.rs | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libstd/io.rs b/src/libstd/io.rs
index 1efd91d54db..253853c6762 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io.rs
@@ -508,6 +508,19 @@ fn mem_buffer_buf(b: mem_buffer) -> [u8] { vec::from_mut(b.buf) }
 fn mem_buffer_str(b: mem_buffer) -> str {
    let b_ = vec::from_mut(b.buf);
    str::from_bytes(b_)
+
+fn with_str_writer(f: fn(writer)) -> str {
+    let buf = mk_mem_buffer();
+    let wr = mem_buffer_writer(buf);
+    f(wr);
+    io::mem_buffer_str(buf)
+}
+
+fn with_buf_writer(f: fn(writer)) -> [u8] {
+    let buf = mk_mem_buffer();
+    let wr = mem_buffer_writer(buf);
+    f(wr);
+    io::mem_buffer_buf(buf)
 }
 
 // Utility functions