Re: Ah.......Boost Socket.....

From: Michel André (yg-boost-users_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-12 14:16:51

hjlee_at_[hidden] wrote:
> Anyone who knows when boost socket library is comming and where I can
> get beta version..?

Hugo Duncan and I have been juggling ideas about a socket library for boost
and discussing on the boost wiki and partly on the list. And we have started
with an rough sketch of how a socket library for boost could look like. It's
currently checked in into the boost sandbox.
http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?BoostSocket
contains some of the discussions. The work has not been progressing as much
as I want due to a heavy workload on my daytime job. But we certainly would
like some feedback on the progress so far at least some pointers if we are
on the right course ;). The implementation in the sandbox has been compiled
with gcc/cygwin, bcc and vc6.0 and vc7.0. So we need some input on porting
to Unix especially the asynchrounous parts.

So I would say that we have a long road to travel to finnish implementation
produce documentation and so we can ask for a formal review. And when we
have come that far there is the formal review ;). So I wouldn't count on
sockets to be a part of boost for some time (unless of course someone else
submits another proposal or helps me and Hugo out on what we have so far to
speed the progess).

Regards
/Michel