Re: [boost] sockets library question

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-13 17:57:51

On Monday 13 January 2003 04:58 pm, Blue, Reginald V wrote:
> I've recently joined this list, and I've lurked for a bit (trying to get
> the feel of the group), but I'm still not sure if this is on topic or not. 
> If I need to be redirected elsewhere, please let me know.

Welcome! This is perfectly on-topic for this list.

> I noticed in the Sandbox CVS there are several socket implementations and,
> presumably, they're all based on streams.
>
> The question I have is:  Is it likely for any of them to make it into the
> main CVS stream?
>
> Personally, I think it's a good idea that one of them does make it into the
> main CVS stream (as TCP/IP is quite ubiquitous these days...perhaps more so
> than threads.)

I agree. I believe that we need networking support in Boost (and in the C++ 
standard), but I do not know the status of any of the existing socket 
implementations. 

        Doug