Re: gnome-socket API proposal

[Roberto Zunino <zunino cli di unipi it>]

On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Derek Simkowiak wrote:

> 	Also, since socket connections are on a lower level
> (system-dependent, actually) than core service protocols, I would like to
> suggest that a g_socket() interface be added to Glib, and that
> higher-level protocols (like FTP and HTTP as discussed in previous
> messages here) be part of the Gnome libraries.  Comments?

Not all apps are networked, so maybe this could not fit well in glib's
role. If this will be put into glib, however, it should be thread safe and
should have a (sigh) win32 implementation, IMO.

Zun.