Re: [boost] Re: Secret handles and descriptors: Enemies of reuse, conspirators with frameworks.

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-12 21:46:06

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 21:52:22 -0400, David Abrahams wrote
 >http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?BoostSocket/Multiplexing
> 
> Before you take the discussion away, could someone please give a
> simple description of what's meant by "demultiplexor?"  Both Aaron's
> and Carlos' posts seem to assume the reader knows what it is (they
> hint, but the hints aren't enough for me).

If read the wiki page above that will give you a detailed idea of what we are
talking about.  Other terms, that are probably more precise, are 'reactor'
(ala Doug Schmidt's patterns), dispatcher, or event dispatcher/loop.  

Jeff