Re: [boost] sockets /network programming Requirements

From: Iain.Hanson_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-08-01 10:49:29

Author:  bdawes (bdawes_at_[hidden]) at unix,mime
Date:    01/08/01 01:22

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>Please consider the requirements a "straw man" meant to start 
>discussion.  Thus if you have experience that says they should be changed, 
>by all means do so.

Thanks. I was intending to. But, as we were discussing requirements are 
though it a good idea to check that there were no major objections.

     
>I was trying to avoid expanding the requirements to include areas outside 
>of "network programming".  The sockets interface could be viewed as a 
>general read/write interface, and so feature creep might expand the 
>library way outside of the network programming arena.  Personally, I don't 
>think that would be a good idea, particularly for version 1.  But if it 
>can be expanded to handle other network protocols, without distorting the 
>design otherwise, that would seem to be a clear win.

I'd like to keep it very focused on network programming. There is more than 
enough complexity as it is, without feature creep ;-). I also liked Bill 
Kempf's idea of excluding applications level protocols from this library. 
They realy are a different beast, and excluding them will keep this effort 
more focused.

/ikh

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