Re: sockets library

From: mfdylan (dylan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-19 18:45:45

--- In boost_at_y..., "Andrei Alexandrescu" <andrewalex_at_h...> wrote:
> From: "Ross Smith" <r-smith_at_i...>
> > I submit that a tight coupling between sockets and iostreams -- 
by which
> > I mean a socket library designed on the assumption that iostreams 
will
> > be the principal socket I/O mechanism -- would be a very bad 
idea. I'll
> > try to explain why.
> 
> Besides, many people have never been very fond of iostreams' 
design...
> 
From what perspective?  Certainly I've found that deriving a 
streambuf class is unnecessarily messy.  But in general it works 
better than I/O in most other languages.

Dylan