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Re: Method that only one other class type may access

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On 10/ 5/11 09:19 PM, Jorgen Grahn wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-10-04, Ian Collins wrote:
>>
>> Just use the native interface.  On one of my projects we had a long
>> discussion about this topic and that was our conclusion: KISS!
>
> I'm repeating myself, but an anecdote:
>
> A few years back I decided to write The One True C++ Wrapper For BSD
> Sockets. I wanted type safety: distinct types for UDP sockets, TCP
> listening sockets, "normal" TCP sockets ... with the type system
> preventing mistakes such as doing listen() on an UDP socket or setting
> UDP-specific socket options on a TCP socket. But at the same time I
> didn't want to invent a brand new interface to learn.
>
> After a while I realized that (a) this was hard work and (b) it was
> for the most part not useful work. Any half-decent design in your
> application makes most of the mistakes I wanted to eliminate
> - unlikely to happen, because you tend to keep different kinds of
>    sockets apart
> - likely to be found quickly if they /did/ happen
>
> So I threw most of it away. I just kept some read/write buffering code
> which had proven useful in real life.

At least you had the good sense to give up after only one attempt.  I 
had three goes, over 15 years before realising the error of my ways.

> (Disclaimer: I have no experience with Boost.asio; perhaps it forces you
> in another direction.)

I've only ever seen it end in tears.

-- 
Ian Collins

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Method that only one other class type may access Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-10-01 13:32 -0700
  Re: Method that only one other class type may access Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-10-01 13:50 -0700
    Re: Method that only one other class type may access Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-02 11:13 -0700
  Re: Method that only one other class type may access Marcel Müller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.com> - 2011-10-01 23:38 +0200
    Re: Method that only one other class type may access Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-10-01 15:34 -0700
      Re: Method that only one other class type may access Marcel Müller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.com> - 2011-10-02 15:27 +0200
  Re: Method that only one other class type may access Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-02 11:06 -0700
  Re: Method that only one other class type may access Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2011-10-03 11:48 -0700
  Re: Method that only one other class type may access Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-04 08:10 +1300
    Re: Method that only one other class type may access Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-10-03 20:49 +0000
      Re: Method that only one other class type may access Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-04 15:01 +1300
        Re: Method that only one other class type may access Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-10-04 14:21 -0700
          Re: Method that only one other class type may access Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-05 10:29 +1300
            Re: Method that only one other class type may access Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-10-05 08:19 +0000
              Re: Method that only one other class type may access Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-05 21:39 +1300
                Re: Method that only one other class type may access Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2011-10-05 18:09 +0900
                Re: Method that only one other class type may access Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-10-05 18:30 +0000
  Re: Method that only one other class type may access Werner <werasm@gmail.com> - 2011-10-05 00:02 -0700

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