"Christopher Kohlhoff" <chris@kohlhoff.com> wrote in message news:20051228012139.77878.qmail@web32615.mail.mud.yahoo.com...
So what about io_broker? For people who have used CORBA, similar rules apply in respect of calling run():
- No need to call run() in a client making synchronous calls.
- Need to call run() if using asynchronous method invocation so that results can be delivered.
A possible disadvantage of io_broker is that the name conveys too much meaning, in that users may feel it is a concept they need to understand before using the facilities it provides. I don't think a name like io_services suffers from this.
I have a mild preference for io_services. But io_drivers or some other variation on Peter's "driver" suggestion would also work for me. For the "too much meaning" rationale you give, I don't particular like io_broker, but even that seems better than demuxer, which I always found confusing. Thanks for worrying about such quibbles - good names do help a library. --Beman