Re: [boost] asio formal review begins

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-14 14:31:37

Arkadiy Vertleyb wrote:

> I would expect both asio and a stream API to be layered on top of low-level
> socket API.  This socket API should wrap the platform dependency, but
> otherwise provide pretty much the same capabilities as current C socket APIs
> provide, with minimum overhead.

Yes. Though I'm not sure a thin wrapper around the platform API adds much
value at all. Too big are the differences. And besides, why should people
really care whether the thing is a socket, as long as the semantics are
correct ?

Regards,
                Stefan