Re: [boost] CGI / FastCGI library update

Subject: Re: [boost] CGI / FastCGI library update
From: Artyom (artyomtnk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-26 01:55:04

> 
> 1. The dynamic interface unsuprisingly lends itself to
> having a compiled
> library for the library functions. At this early stage I'm
> tempted to make
> "compiled" the default choice - ie. using the dynamic
> portion of the library
> would simply mean including some declaration-only headers
> and having
> everything else hidden in a single library. This would mean
> very fast
> compiles and small application binaries.

This is very good point to start from ;-)

> 
> I don't see at the moment why the .cpp files couldn't
> actually be .ipp files
> that could optionally be included in the headers to prevent
> the need to link
> against a CGI library.

Yes this very good idea.

> 
> 2. The dynamic interface seems to lend itself to a really
> simple Python
> binding. I'm not convinced there is any point in going very
> far down this
> route as Python is awash with CGI libraries and WSGI seems
> to be the
> de-facto standard anyway. Still, Python's FastCGI support
> is based on the
> standard FastCGI library so there might be some room for
> gains.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 

I think that python programmers would like to use asynchronous
FastCGI interface they would rather prefer to have it over Twisted
event loop rather over Boost.Asio.

Also the standard fastcgi library is very good and well proven 
one, not talking about the fact that WCGI is available in any Python.
so I don't think it would be useful for synchronous operations.