Re: [boost] asio formal review begins

From: Eugene Alterman (eugalt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-17 01:55:41

"Eugene Alterman" <eugalt_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:dnv3c8$eo2$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> I just want to point out (hopefully without getting off topic too much) 
> that there is an important difference between  what you mean by 
> 'synchronous' and the way this term is usually used in this context (and 
> in particular  in the publication you are mentioning).
>
> By 'synchronous' you seem to mean *blocking* synchronous i/o while in 
> those patterns it is understood as synchronous i/o event demultiplexing 
> and handling, meaning that a synchronous  i/o operation is issued only if 
> there is a ready event and the operation would not block.

This is not accurate of course :(
Please disregard the whole thing  - I just got carried away. :-)