[asio-users] asio version 0.3.6 released

[Christopher K. <ch...@ko...>]

asio version 0.3.6 has been released. It may be downloaded from the
asio sourceforge page at http://asio.sourceforge.net.

This release is focused on cleaning up the code and improving the
documentation. The major changes in this version include a new
system_exception class to report serious OS errors, a
Boost.Serialization example, a custom socket service example, and
greater detail in the reference and design documentation.

The changes since asio 0.3.5 include:

- A new asio::system_exception class used to report serious OS
  errors, such as a failure to create a mutex or a thread.

- The asio::error::what() function now returns a string that
  describes the error.

- The asio::socket_option::* helper templates have been moved to
  the detail namespace.

- The asio::io_control::* helper templates have been moved to
  the detail namespace.

- Win32 implementation now uses AcceptEx to perform asynchronous
  accept operations.

- A new asio::buffer() overload for std::string.

- The asio::socket_base::send_timeout and
  asio::socket_base::receive_timeout options have been removed
  as they are not portable.

- New example showing how to use Boost.Serialization with asio.

- New example demonstrating how to develop custom services.

- New design documentation, including notes on how the backend
  is implemented on specific platforms.

- General documentation improvements, including inheritance
  diagrams and example code snippets in the reference.

- General code cleanup, including improved exception safety and
  error handling.