Re: [boost] singleton asio::demuxer as default?

From: Arkadiy Vertleyb (vertleyb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-24 08:41:45

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote

> Beman Dawes wrote:
> > "Christopher Kohlhoff" <chris_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> > news:20051221090730.33683.qmail_at_web32603.mail.mud.yahoo.com...
>
> >> I propose that it could be called something like "io_system".
> >> (Other naming suggestions will be appreciated.)
> >
> > "io_system" seems a little broad. I think of an "io_system" as
> > encompassing all I/O mechanisms an operating system supports. A web
> > search turns up broad phrases like "The basic model of the UNIX I/O
> > system is a sequence of bytes that can be accessed either randomly or
> > sequentially."
> >
> > "io_engine" implies to me something at a very low level, like the set
> > of device drivers.
> >
> > How about "io_service"? That seems both narrowly focused and about
> > the right level to me.
>
> I think that a "driver" matches the description quite well:

"dispatcher"?

Regards,
Arkadiy