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