Re: [Capy review] Some questions

On 24 Jun 2026 20:38, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 10:34 AM Peter Dimov <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I assume you mean array<span<byte const>, 3> here.
>>
> 
> Yes
> 
> 
>> ...the set of types considered buffers is closed, because const_buffer only
>> has a finite set of constructors
> 
> 
> Not if the constructor is a template. I realize that this is heading in the
> direction of being functionally equivalent to the concept yet I still
> prefer const_buffer and mutable_buffer as the delivery vehicle rather than
> the named concept. If for no other reason, that Kohlhoff did it that way
> and without knowing his rationale I lean towards doing the same.

I suspect one reason is that concepts as a core language feature did not
exist when ASIO was designed. Which is not a good reason for a newly
designed library targeting modern C++.

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