From: Jody Hagins (jody-boost-011304_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-14 13:21:11


On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:05:10 -0500
Stefan Seefeld <seefeld_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I think ideally a (network) stream API would thus be layered on top of
> asio. In fact, if the low level 'transport protocol' is being made a
> policy, the stream API could be parametrized to only depend on asio if
> async operations are requested.

However, many of us desire synchronous handling, but want nothing to do
with sockets encapsulated as IOStreams.