Re: [boost] asio formal review begins

From: christopher baus (christopher_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-15 15:41:26

> Arkadiy:
> Thus serving the same connection from different threads?  I just don't
happen to like how this would impact the processing algorithm...
>

Arkadiy,

If you want to debate this point, I think you should argue in terms of an
app that combines async only sockets with sync only sockets, which I
believe is a real world use case for asio.

Then the question should be, "should the sync only sockets take a
demuxer?" I think that's a valid question, but it is being lost in the
fact that your example isn't the intended use of asio.

I do think that Arkadily has a point.  For better or worse, much of the
programming world has been trained to think about sockets synchronously,
and eventually boost/C++ should address this.  When that happens it would
be nice to use the same fundamental types presented in asio, and these
users shouldn't have to know about demuxers.

I just want to point out that async reading and writing could be a
function of an async I/O demuxer and not the socket itself.  The socket
could be passed to the demuxer and not vice versa.

Sincerely,

Christopher