Stefan Arentz <stefan.arentz@norad.org> writes: [snip]
What is the Boost policy of linking with foreign libraries? If everything is supposed to happen under the boost umbrella, under the boost source tree then maybe it is an idea to write our own async resolver? Could be a fun spare time project (for me :-).
I think in practice it is not feasible to attempt to resolve hostnames using something other than the platform-provided facility. Users tend to expect and desire that name resolution to work identically in all programs, and to mimic the behavior of the platform-provided facility, it is necessary to use the same mechanisms specified in a platform-specific way by the user. For example, the user may want some names resolved used a hosts file, NIS, LDAP, or WINS, in addition to DNS via DNS servers also specified in a platform-specific manner. [snip] -- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard