Ok, Stéphane just meant the "Fast" prefix was dropped,
leaving "SocketStream" not "Socket" (which is
lower-level functionality).

thanks..

--- Marcus Denker <denker at iam.unibe.ch> wrote:

> 
> On 21.02.2006, at 19:32, Chris Muller wrote:
> 
> >> note that fastSocket stream is in 3.9 now under
> the
> >> Socket name!
> >
> > Huh?  FastSocketStream was renamed to Socket? 
> What of
> > the 3.8 Socket?
> 
> 
> FastSocketStream replaced SocketStream... many (if
> not all) serious
> users (e.g. from the
> Seaside community) were using FastSocketStream
> already for some time
> and they reported positive results.
> 
> The description on SqueakMap:
> 
>       FastSocketStream is a reimplementation of
> SocketStream - the
> class that originates from the original
>       Comanche implementation but now is included in
> standard Squeak.
> FSS has the same protocol as
>       SS and is meant to replace it. FSS is much
> faster, more
> flexible, is better documented and adds a few
> features.
> 
> The switch was done early in 3.9a (Aug 05) and there
> have been no
> problems reported. The 3.8.1
> team just decided to do the same, so in 3.8.1
> SocketStream will use
> the FastSocketStream
> implementation, too.
> 
>         Marcus
> 
>