Re: [boost] asio formal review begins

From: Eugene Alterman (eugalt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-13 14:45:10

"Arkadiy Vertleyb" <vertleyb_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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> "Eugene Alterman" <eugalt_at_[hidden]> wrote
>> A hint:
>> What do you think 'asio' stands for?
>
> A question: then why does the tutorial have such examples as "A
> _synchronous_ TCP daytime client", etc., that also use the demuxer?  Does 
> it
> mean the library emulates synchronous operations using asynchronous
> facilities?

Ok, may be a wrong hint then.  :-)

See "Services and the Demuxer" in asio_design doc. It turns out demuxer also 
serves as a service repository.
I personally don't like that very much and wonder why those 2 different 
functionalities are lumped together.