Re: [boost] [asio] How to write custom async event provider

From: Olaf van der Spek (olafvdspek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-23 08:22:41

On 3/23/06, Christopher Kohlhoff <chris_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hi Vaclav,
>
> --- Vaclav Vesely <vaclav.vesely_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > Thank you, it helped me much.
>
> No problem!
>
> > I've written ASIO background_thread class which calls
> > arbitrary functions in a background thread. If you find it
> > useful, you can add it to examples. After some refining it may
> > be even added to the ASIO library.
>
> Yes, thanks, this use case could make a good example.

But is it network or even IO related?
Wouldn't it be better to have a generic async/event driven design
that's not tightly coupled with networking?