Implement stream_reader

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/io/stream_reader.h b/include/io/stream_reader.h
index ab07f83ad9..5d10e021ed 100644
--- a/include/io/stream_reader.h
+++ b/include/io/stream_reader.h
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * @brief Reads a binary number from the stream
-     *
-     * Does not check if the reading actually succeeds
+     * @throw input_error on failure
      */
     template<class T>
     void read_num(T& x);
@@ -85,6 +84,12 @@ private:
     const endian::endian endian;
 };
 
+template<class T>
+void stream_reader::read_num(T& x)
+{
+    endian::read(is, x, endian);
+}
+
 }
 }