[boost] Re: Sockets

From: Hugo Duncan (hugoduncan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-23 16:18:29

Thorsten,

On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 23:57:56 +0100, Thorsten Ottosen <nesotto_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>  socket_base::initialise();
> ....
> socket.close();
> socket_base::finalise();
> 
> Why doesn't this happen in the constructor/destructor of some object?

Basically because I am not sure of the requirements for initialisation
and finalisation.  I know Winsock2 requires initialisation.
Any other platform?

This is really implementation detail that should happen automatically 
in the final design.

Hugo