View source for Boostcon 2011

This page will contain my notes taken during Boostcon 2011
==Library in a Week==
Review tools
*Code Collaborator
* Crucible (Crubicle?)
==Boost.Asio==
Chris Kohlhoff

fundamental concepts that went into the library. Use them in your programs.

One key criterium: should not be a framework, but a toolkit. This gives you more freedom.

;io_service: "your channel into the operationg system"

Challenges of asynchronous programming:
* Object lifetimes
* Thinking asynchronously
* Threads
* ?

===Object lifetimes===
handlers and buffers are taken by value, a copy is made. Buffers are shallow.

Arguments taken by non-const reference: caller needs to guarantee lifetime.
'''this'''-pointer should outlive operation.
Newby problem: providing a buffer that goes out of scope (local variable for instance).