id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
2832,Asio sync IO functions need timeout parameters,Stephan Menzel <stephan.menzel@…>,chris_kohlhoff,"Hi Chris,

knowing this is an issue that has been discussed again and again I think it's better to handle it in a ticket.

Long story:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.user/45360

Short story:
I think asio's sync routines either need a timeout parameter or need to be removed.

Sync IO without a timeout is something I can hardly imagine any  sensible use case for. In most cases one would definately need such functionality. Workarounds have been suggested but most would create too much performance or boilerplate overhead within the application. This should be handled within the lib and would actually render the sync routines a lot more useful.

Thanks a bunch!

Stephan
",Bugs,closed,Boost 1.39.0,asio,Boost 1.38.0,Showstopper,wontfix,,stephan.menzel@… ronny.spiegel@…