[Boost-users] Regarding Boost::asio::io-service

Dear Friends, Please tell what is the purpose of boost::asio::io-service ios .I am New to the boost Libraries and I'm doing one Open Source project in that already used these asio service in a way of passing asio service in object. like "link l(ios, some other arguments) " My big question is at what sart of time this asio::io-service are most useful and required. Best Regards BaBu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.