Re: [Boost-users] Boost Sockets

From: Olaf van der Spek (olafvdspek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-19 12:04:15

On 7/19/07, Boris <boriss_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:34:15 +0200, Scott McMurray
> <me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > On 17/07/07, sccr13plyr <jodonnell_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >> I am new to Boost.  I was looking for socket classes that are a
> >> component of
> >> Boost.  Somehow, I couldn't find any.  Are there "boost sockets"?
> >>
> > ASIO has been accepted into Boost, but has not yet made it into the
> > official
> > distribution. Until 1.35, you'll need to get it from http://asio.sf.net/
>
> It would have been nice though if the name had been changed to something
> like Boost.Net or Boost.Sockets. It's no wonder that someone looking for
> network and sockets support doesn't find Boost.Asio.

I doubt http://boost.org/libs/libraries.htm won't mention network or
sockets once Asio is included.