Re: [boost] Help with a Sockets library?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-27 12:03:47

At 03:36 PM 7/26/2001, Iain.Hanson_at_[hidden] wrote:

 >     I would be interested in helping out with this. I have had 
experience
 >     of using and porting ACE and extensive experience of protocol
 >     implementation with some experience of protocol design.
 >
 >     I've had a look at Joesphe's diagram and at the momment it looks 
like
 >     a very low level wrapper facarde that would not be very safe.
 >
 >     At the protocol level its missing broadcast and multicast concepts
 >     and, I would suggest that it is missing concepts such as acceptors 
and
 >     connectors and event demultipleing similar to the ACE Reactor.
 >
 >     This is something that I recently started looking at from a design
 >     perspective, so I don't *yet* have a concrete proposal.
 >
 >     I could probably have something preliminary ready nexct week.

There is a real need, both for Boost and for the C++ standard library.

It would definitely be useful to start with a feature diagram.

I think one of the reasons Joseph has had some difficulties may have been 
an assumption that it was just a simple problem and that there wasn't any 
need for a design discussion with other Boost participants.

If you are interested, I've identified some of the requirements and have 
the start of a bibliography.  Contact me privately.

--Beman