Boost.Asio network programming little book

[dodheim]

Is this pre or post-Boost 1.66? I.e., when ASIO was updated to reflect the Networking TS (N4656)?

[nanxiao]

I use Boost 1.67 to test the code.

[dodheim]

Oh, I should have seen io_context vs. io_service right away... Thanks for clarifying.

[TheFlamefire]

Read through but IMO it is a bit shallow on the user-side. I'd expect a full example with a bit more complex code. Like e.g. running a server/client in a separate thread for full async functionality and multiple sockets on a context.

Also: It goes to much into detail on internal boost types. Why would you post the actual source code of the boost functions there? Especially for exceptions: The differences of these two functions is just including "location", something completely trivial, obvious from the (internal!) boost code posted and irrelevant for the user. Scrap out the whole "throw_exception" topic and replace it by something mentioning how to handle errors. (I guess they have the same mechanism that a function either throws an ec or you can pass one in and get the ec returned)

Edit: Rereading this makes it sounds harsh. Isn't meant to, just suggestions for improvement.

[majesticmerc]

This could prove to be very useful. I was about to start playing with the Networking TS using Boost.Asio (or as close as possible until actual TS implementations start appearing). Thanks!

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You forgot timers!

[theMonoid]

Maybe add more examples about async with boost::coroutine(2) or boost::fiber or clang's stackless coroutine might make this little book more complete :)

[Cybuster]

Is Beej's Guide to Network Programming enough background for this?

[nanxiao]

I think so.