File:  c++advio_v241.tar.gz
Author: Oleg Kiselyov (oleg@pobox.com)
Release: 2.4.1 (Nov 10, 1998)
Compatibility: R4
Location: contrib/development
Description: Advanced i/o, TCP, and Arithmetic Compr classlib
Notes:  cross-platform source code plus compiled BeOS R4 PPC library


Advanced i/o and Arithmetic Compression classlib

A set of classes (C++ streams) that perform:

- a variable-bit coding of sequences of integers (including Arithmetic compression ),

- a trick of sharing a stream buffer (a "file") among several streams, 

- explicit endian specification in dealing with integer streams. 

- TCP streams!

- a primitive Logging service 

- a Vocabulary package, (poly/homo)morphic dictionaries with a dynamic "inheritance" path, 
an embedded language, actually 

There are also a few convenience functions/classes. The code is written in a portable way and rather 
commented; verification tests are provided as well. I use the convenience functions of the package in 
almost every code I write. 

The README file of the archive explains it all in great detail. c++serv.dr file tells what the other files are for. In addition, the archive contains an already built library -- libserv.a, BeOS PPC R4b4.

	To check the library, do
	make check-all
As localhost does not accept connections on port 7, to run the vTCPstream test you need to set ECHO_HOST
	ECHO_HOST=10.0.0.1 vTCPstream
(provide the valid IP address for the ECHO_HOST).

	To rebuild the library, do
	make dist-clean
	make lib

The Makefile itself gives more details as to building and checking of this project.