[boost] Re: Network library: What we have until now

From: Miro Jurisic (macdev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-12 16:06:42

In article <abf38541e17a0ddacbed5fc06cfd3066_at_[hidden]>,
 Douglas Gregor <doug.gregor_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Apr 12, 2005, at 8:54 PM, Boris wrote:
> 
> > I updated http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl? 
> > BoostNet to document why what decisions were made.
> >
> > We have until now: * The network library should support four I/O models 
> > which are known  to many programmers as blocking, non-blocking, 
> > multiplexing and asynchronous.
> 
> I think the scope of this library is insane. We don't need to solve  every 
> single network I/O problem with one huge networking library.  Having a solid 
> socket library that handles only blocking with be a  _huge_ improvement . 
> Start small and don't be afraid to say "No! That's  for the next version."

I agree. There are several libraries that I think have suffered from scope creep 
and a v1 of smaller scope would have been very useful to a substantial number of 
people. (Logging library comes to mind.)

meeroh