On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM Vinnie Falco via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
I'd be interested in this. However I don't think this would be a direct competitor to ASIO. ASIO is interesting precisely because it's customizable so it can get integrated into projects that have wildly different needs from one another.
You can have that today:
https://github.com/boostorg/cobalt/blob/53611b9d322094c6fe57cdb92c257ca7240f...
We can determine what kind of market exists for this product by observing its adoption. Specifically, whether it becomes more popular than Asio. Or even finding use in other open source projects.
Not surprisingly, I think this is the way to go: create more particular networking libraries on top of asio, e.g. one for boost.fiber or one based on a future library etc. And based issues arising from those you can propose solutions to Chris'. Another area would be buffers, and your library does work on that, too. A major theme I am observing with many PRs for asio, is that they don't look at the bigger picture. There are very few people who are able to do that with a complex problem domain like networking. That is why Chris is just cherry-picking as he sees fit and is often adopting ideas into his own constructs. He is maintaining his library and there is no requirement for him to collaborate or interact with anybody. I think he's doing the right thing based on the PRs he usually gets. I find it generally distasteful when people feel they're entitled to someone's time/attention because they're using something they got for free.
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