1. Introduction
This paper contains the decision polls that the C++ Library Evolution group and C++ Concurrency group will take in October of 2021 on Networking and Executors.
2. Related Reading
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[P2300R2]:
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[P2444R0]: The Asio asynchronous model
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[P2464R0]: Ruminations on networking and executors
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[P2469R0]: Response to P2464: The Networking TS is baked, P2300 Sender/Receiver is not
3. Voting
These decision polls will be conducted electronically; see [P2195R2] for more information on electronic voting procedures.
All committee members may vote, but if you have not participated in the Library Evolution discussions of a poll, please choose to not vote.
3.1. How to Vote
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You will not receive a confirmation email after voting. The Library Evolution chairs will send a confirmation to all voters before the close of the poll.
If you need to change how you voted or have any questions or issues about voting, please email Bryce Adelstein Lelbach.
3.2. Voting Timeline
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2021-10-04: Discussion telecon and start of the polling period.
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2021-10-08: End of the polling period.
4. Polls
Each poll consists of a statement; you vote on whether you support the statement. All polls will be 5-way polls; you’ll vote either "strongly favor", "weakly favor", "neutral", "weakly against", or "strongly against".
All committee members may vote, but if you have not participated in the Library Evolution discussions of a poll (in-person, over telecon, or over email), please consider whether you sufficiently understand the topic to be able to vote in an informed manner. If you do not, please choose to not participate in the poll.
If you do not want to participate in a poll, select the "I do not want to participate in this poll" option. Those who do not participate in a poll will not be counted or recorded. Voting neutral is not the same as choosing to not participate; please don’t vote neutral if you did not participate in the discussions of the poll.
Each poll has a comment field. Please write a few sentences explaining the rationale for your vote. We recommend drafting your comments in a text editor and then pasting them into the polling system.
Poll results and selected comments will be shared with Library Evolution after the end of the polling period, including attribution of your votes and comments.
If you want to discuss the polls or how you plan on voting, please start an email thread on the Library Evolution mailing list.
You will not receive a confirmation email after voting.
If you need to see how you voted, change how you voted, or have any questions or issues about voting, please contact the Library Evolution chair.
4.1. Poll 1: Networking TS Model Is A Good Basis
The Networking TS/Asio async model [P2444R0] is a good basis for most asynchronous use cases, including networking, parallelism, and GPUs.
4.2. Poll 2: Sender/Receiver Model Is A Good Basis
The sender/receiver model [P2300R2] is a good basis for most asynchronous use cases, including networking, parallelism, and GPUs.
4.3. Poll 3: Stop Pursuing The Networking TS
Stop pursuing the Networking TS/Asio design [P2444R0] as the C++ Standard Library’s answer for networking.
4.4. Poll 4: Sender/Receiver Networking
Networking in the C++ Standard Library should be based on the sender/receiver model [P2300R2].
4.5. Poll 5: Secure Sockets
It is acceptable to ship socket-based networking in the C++ Standard Library that does not support secure sockets (TLS/DTLS).