Re: [boost] Re: [network] An RFC - updated

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-25 04:07:42

Don G wrote:
> Here's what I meant:
>
>  class stream_over_serial : public net::stream
>  {
>   public:
>     stream_over_serial (string comport);
>  };
>
> This is a net::stream impl over the named COM device. On Windows,
> this might use lineOpen.

CreateFile, more likely. I don't need TAPI to communicate with a device over 
a direct serial link.

But I still don't get it. In your design, a stream is created by an address, 
which is created by a network. And once I have a stream, I can get back the 
address and the network. So, which address and which network create the 
serial stream? Is it a special kind of stream that is network and address 
independent?