Re: [boost] [beast] Request for Discussion

On Oct 1, 2016, at 7:39 PM, Vinnie Falco wrote:

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 8:20 PM, Paul Fultz II wrote:

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The library looks nice

Thanks!

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I tried to run the tests and install it using cmake and it both failed.

If you could please be so kind as to create an issue on the Beast GitHub repository page with the details, I will try to address it right away: https://github.com/vinniefalco/Beast/issues

Ok, will do.

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Also, looking at the cmake, it looks like you use coroutines.

Beast is header-only, the Jamfile and CMakeLists.txt are only for building the unit tests and the examples.

Well, cmake should install the library, even its header-only. It should also provide cmake packaging and/or pkg-config to help with linking against the library and its dependencies. I do this in my libraries and could send you a pull request. But I do wonder if it should be header-only. Is it that heavily templated that `.cpp` files don’t make sense?

As far as linking goes, you should only need Boost.System (for error_code).

Oh, so it doesn’t use Boost.Asio either?

Some of the unit tests use coroutines, to make sure that they work and also as a tool to assist reaching a high level of code coverage.

You shouldn't need either the Jamfile or the CMakeLists.txt found in the repository in order to use Beast.

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I would prefer not to have an HTTP library that depends on Boost.Context due to portability issues(the author refuses to support mingw).

I have no plans to add Boost.Context as a dependency, Beast uses the Universal Asynchronous Model which abstracts the completion token (see http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2013/n3747.pdf).

Ok awesome.

There is at least one mingw Beast user, they kindly provided minor fixes to make Beast work there: https://github.com/vinniefalco/Beast/commit/38f0d950b06059f5c671b3e381344fc7...

If you have any other problems or questions please don't hesitate to open a GitHub issue, that's the best way to get things fixed or answered.

Hope you enjoy Beast!

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