Re: [Boost-users] Question about Protocols and boost::asio::ip::tcp::iostream

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:17:05 +0100, Charles Milutinovic wrote:

[...]I have a question about its usage though. Every example I've seen looks something like tcp::iostream s("server", "protocol"). So far I've seen "http" and "daytime" as protocols.

I am wondering exactly where these constants are defined. Also, for my

Asio uses an OS-specific function which is typically called getaddrinfo() to translate a hostname and a service name to an address. That said I recommend you to check the documentation of getaddrinfo(). Boris