Re: socket++

From: dmoore99atwork (dmoore_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-31 09:28:14

> > I am hoping to post a well documented set of thin wrappers by next
> > week that encapsulate the basic socket operations while factoring 
out
> > platform dependencies and IPv4 vs. IPv6.
> > 
> > The Socket++ library places a large emphasis on stream operations
> > (although the older, pre-standardization stream interfaces).  From
> > what I've read here, the consensus is to build a stream interface 
on
> > top of the thin wrapper layer.
> 
> yes, but at the same time both would be useful, the wrapper and the 
stream
> interface for sockets.

There's no question of this.  An important design point for the 
wrapper layer will be the ability to cooperate with 
a "socket_streambuf" class, which in turn will allow istreams and 
ostreams to work with sockets.

Dave