diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'ace/Pipe.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | ace/Pipe.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ace/Pipe.h b/ace/Pipe.h index 4426126f865..e6a0d153079 100644 --- a/ace/Pipe.h +++ b/ace/Pipe.h @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ * * $Id$ * - * @author Doug Schmidt + * @author Douglas C. Schmidt <schmidt@cs.wustl.edu> */ //========================================================================== @@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ /** * @class ACE_Pipe * - * @brief Provides a bidirectional "pipe" abstraction that is portable - * to Windows NT, SVR4 UNIX, and BSD UNIX. + * @brief Provides a portable bidirectional "pipe" abstraction. * - * Uses "name" for lookup in the ACE service repository. Obtains - * the object and returns it as the appropriate type. + * This class is designed to work with select()-based demuxers, such + * as the ACE_Select_Reactor, which is why it uses sockets on Windows + * rather than Win32 pipes (which aren't select()'able). */ class ACE_Export ACE_Pipe { |