Igor-- So I'm not sure what you mean exactly by "the server might send a few lines in a bunch." The server will only send one line at a time, in that it will call write_async for every line that it sends-- it will never call write_async on more than one line. However, the client might be doing some processing so the server might send a few lines before the client "comes up for air" next. If that's the case then all three lines will end up in the same buffer when the read_async handler is called? I would imagine so but it would be nice if I could not worry about this, so I am looking for any excuse. =) I also realized upon looking at the chat example in more detail that I missed the whole queue thing that it does. I will aim to replicate that in my app now. In reading through, it occurs to me that I might be making the same mistake with write_async -- i.e. if I call write_async twice in quick succession, that could cause a problem unless I wait for the first write_async to complete before I call write_async a second time? Best, -Sameer On Oct 14, 2009, at 6:21 PM, boost-users-request@lists.boost.org wrote:

If this is the case in your application (i.e. the server might send few lines in a bunch), then I think yes, you have to inspect the sterambuf manually. Actually, this is the reason I never used read_until - in most cases it doesn't make your code simpler. The one case where it does is when your protocol has a text header and a body (like in HTTP).