> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hugo Duncan > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [boost] Socket Multiplexing > > > Boris and Hamish have presented examples using objects that > provide fat interfaces for event notification. By this I mean they use > seperate onEvent() handlers for each type of event as member functions > of an event sink or observer class. > > [...] > > * a multiplexing library should cope with: > files,
How should files be supported by a multiplexing library? In Unix/Linux file access never blocks? The man page of select() says: "File descriptors associated with regular files always select true for ready to read, ready to write, and error conditions." > [...] > * should not require virtual base class interface What does this mean? No polymorphism?! Boris _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
