Hi Iain,

A connector sets socket options that can not be set after a call to connect on a TCP connection!

In the proposal I am making, the stream is created without being connected. So, it could offer pre-connection configuration. Of course, those methods would just be sitting there (temptingly<g>) after connect was performed. But, so I suppose would the connector if it were an object. If there are some significant options to be set, I could see them effectively becoming ctor arguments. Perhaps packaged in a stream_options bundle. Just some ideas. Best, Don __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com