Question

I am thinking to write a simple wrapper class for socket in C++. I wonder if there is a need to have concrete class specific to I/O type, such as TcpSyncSocket and TcpAsyncSocket. Thus I would like to know how often do you guys find yourself in need to have mixture of both kind I/O operations on single socket. While I do not have extensive experience in doing socket programming, probably I will drop the idea if this is simply the norm. Thanks.

Answer 1

I’ve never written nor seen mixed use sync vs. async sockets. Ordinarily the usage is dependent on the program’s organization, and that doesn’t normally change throughout the lifetime of a socket..