Version 2

[pbplugge]

A bit later then said before.
But here is my version.
To be honest i like this version much better, it is clean.
Do with it what you like.

[dhbaird]

@pbplugge, I am sorry to say that this version will not be merged. I am glad you like it though and hope you are successful with it. I can give you some reasons why it won't be merged, which are completely unacceptable. Please take this feedback with the best intention possible as I hope this leads to you writing better code in the future:

Reason #1: You deleted the pure virtual interface. If you are unfamiliar with object oriented programming, please familiarize yourself immediately with interfaces.

Reason #2: You deleted the Windows port...??! Another contributor graciously worked to add this, and I have absolutely no intention of regressing it.

You were unable to effectively communicate the essence of your design prior to executing the work on the design. Regressing the code as per the above reasons does not constitute an "enhancement." If you want to contribute, I request that you please do so meaningfully. If your goal is to learn about C++, please file tickets along those lines, or contact me personally. This was the wrong way to do it.

[dhbaird]

I have locked the pull request and your corresponding issue #34 for reference. If you want to continue discussing on this, please file a new ticket.

[dhbaird]

Here is some more feedback (not withstanding the above feedback, which is even more important):

• When renaming "send()" to "Send()", please explain the benefit of doing so.
• Please follow the existing indentation style. This patch re-indents the entire code.

To summarize: smaller patches are much easier to work with. I appreciate your effort to help out, but smaller patches that are easier to discuss and to get right on a case-by-case basis. For a larger patch, there are many more things that can go wrong: Even if you have one good idea (which I believe you probably do have), it unfortunately gets lost due to all the other problems that were introduced.

Edit: I meant to say renaming "send()" to "Send()". I had written "recv()" to "Receive()" but that is what at the moment "poll()" and "dispatch()" do.