Re: Out of scope? socket wrappers

Gene Shekhtman <[email protected]> Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:29:03 -0800

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lib.state-threads.user
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Mike Abbott wrote:
> 
> I see beauty in unity too, but st was never meant to be a replacement
> for regular socket calls.  Also, from the FAQ:
> 
>         Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
>         but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
>         -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
> --
> Mike Abbott    [email protected]
> State Threads Project co-administrator
> 

I concur.  I think I suggested before to start new ST extension
library (STX?) which may contain additional functionality to improve
code reuse.  As Wesley suggested, it may include DNS name resolution,
socket grunt-work, etc.  It can be released under different (simpler)
BSD-style license.

--Gene

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