...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
Inherited from basic_socket.
Set an option on the socket.
template< typename SettableSocketOption> boost::system::error_code set_option( const SettableSocketOption & option, boost::system::error_code & ec);
This function is used to set an option on the socket.
The new option value to be set on the socket.
Set to indicate what error occurred, if any.
Setting the IPPROTO_TCP/TCP_NODELAY option:
boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket(io_service); ... boost::asio::ip::tcp::no_delay option(true); boost::system::error_code ec; socket.set_option(option, ec); if (ec) { // An error occurred. }