Status of ssl::stream::get_io_service()

[viccpp]

basic_stream_socket::get_io_service() is marked as deprecated. But what about ssl::stream::get_io_service()? It doesn't have get_executor() and doestn't compile if ASIO_NO_DEPRECATED is defined.

P.S. And why get_io_service() was deprecated? What should be used instead to obtain io_service from socket?

[vinniefalco]

How about calling lowest_layer().get_io_service()? That works for both sockets and SSL streams.

[viccpp]

I use next_layer().get_executor().context(). But I'm trying to understand why get_io_service()/get_io_context() was deprecated. Every socket has associated io_service/io_context - we need to have one to construct it. And every socket has executor, every executor has associated io_service/io_context. Why deprecate handy and short getter?

[viccpp]

Related #252

[vinniefalco]

I see the rationale, it is to trim the interface only to exactly that which is necessary. This is important to get consensus in the committee meetings for voting Net-TS into the standard. If you need a handy and short getter, you can always implement a simple free function that works with any object and calls get_executor().context() for you.

[viccpp]

Since ASIO 1.13 socket and other stuff can be constructed using just executor. So get_io_service() isn't needed anymore.