Was this not most of what Niall Douglas' proposal was for alternate memory?

On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 09:12, Bryce Adelstein Lelbach aka wash <
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> I agree; a new io library is a high priority thing for me.
>
> On Sun, Feb 3, 2019, 5:44 AM Lyberta <lyberta_at_[hidden] wrote:
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>> Since we introduced char8_t but not char8_t-based streams, early users
>> of char8_t will face significant difficulties working with char8_t based
>> data. I think we should let iostreams die and think of something simpler
>> that uses std::byte and then build text I/O on top of it.
>>
>> Ideas?
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