[cpp-netlib-devel] Common Ground Between Libpion and cpp-netlib (WAS RE: Offer of help)

[Dean M. C. B. <dmb...@fr...>]

Hi Divye,


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> What will be the common ground for merging the two libraries? 
> Will the cpp-netlib message template design eventually work 
> like an adapter for the pion classes or will a redesigned 
> interface have to be worked out?
> 

The common ground would be the message type that cpp-netlib provides.
Libpion is mostly an HTTP framework, which I believe has compiled
components -- while cpp-netlib aims to be a header only library.

I personally haven't gone through what the lipion message types look
like, but I do know they have a complete HTTP 1.1 incremental parser
implemented, a URI parser (someone has already noted that they are
implementing a URI parser, or are interested in refactoring the URI
parser from the current HTTP implementation in cpp-netlib). It would be
nice to be able to make the incremental parser a header-only
implementation (using the template tag trick).

I can discuss in greater detail if you (or anybody else) would be
interested to know how that can be done.

I hope this helps.

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Dean Michael Berris
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