s::stream_offset</CODE> is intended as a replacement for <CODE>std::streamoff</CODE>, with the implicit conversions to and from <CODE>std::streampos</CODE> being replaced by explicit conversion functions.
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    The implementation of <CODE>offset_to_position</CODE> and <CODE>position_to_offset</CODE> relies on implementation defined behavior, and is guaranteed to work correctly for large values only for standard libraries which define <CODE>std::streamoff</CODE> to be 64-bit type or for which the Boo