Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Poll: Next Features to Implement

[Mark W. <mar...@in...>]

Hi,

cpp-netlib is really neat, thanks for writing this great library.

I think it would be really great if cpp-netlib had more support for
XML REST web server and clients, and smtp client, so I vote for:

  * web framework
  * more message algorithms (transforms, renderers)
  * smtp client

cpp-netlib REST XML clients and servers that are interopable with
C# WCF REST clients and servers would be really neat.  Then it
would be interesting to run some benchmark tests to see how
C++ netlib XML REST clients and servers perform vs C# clients
and servers.  Some obvious ideas for the XML parsing is to use
Rapid XML:

http://rapidxml.sourceforge.net/manual.html#namespacerapidxml_1performance

and the Half-Sync/Half-Async pattern:

http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/PDF/PLoP-95.pdf

For C# REST XML, there is an article and examples at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa395208.aspx

I guess you would have seen the ASIO blog articles about co-routines,
which may make it easier to implement some protocols, like smtp:

http://blog.think-async.com/2010/03/potted-guide-to-stackless-coroutines.html
http://blog.think-async.com/2009/08/composed-operations-coroutines-and-code.html
http://blog.think-async.com/2009/08/secret-sauce-revealed.html
http://blog.think-async.com/2009/07/wife-says-i-cant-believe-it-works.html

Thanks very much,

Mark