Cross-Platform Socket Component?

[KillerCode]

i am willing to start a big project in FreePascal/Lazarus, im also looking forward to make it cross platform (Windows, Linux and Mac OSX) and i wanted to know which is the best Sockets component that will work on all?
i was working with Indy 9/10 for under Delphi, each client has its Owen thread, is this available on lNet ? or ill have to create a thread for each client manually? or there is another library better than those two?

thanks;

[Leledumbo]

lNet for RAD style, Synapse for more OOP and advanced style. I'm a bit unsure about Mac OS X support, only Windows and Linux are totally guaranteed to work AFAIK.

[Dibo]

I'm using lNet and Synapse on windows and linux without problems. Works on 32 and 64 bit system. The only difference is that lNets are non-blocking sockets. Both sockets works on Windows Mobile too.

I also tested Indy before, and worked too.

Regards.

[Phil]

I was able to get Indy working on Mac with a few patches. I use it with Web Service Toolkit. However, I was never able to get Synapse working on Mac, but it's been a couple years since I tried.

If you have success (or failure) on Mac with lnet or Synapse, please post your results.

Thanks.

-Phil

[KillerCode]

ok, thanks all, i think ill go with lNet, just one more question, is does lNet create a separate thread for each client like Indy does?
or ill have to create that manually?

thanks;

[marcov]

I've done some stuff with Indy(10) on Mac in the past, and that worked fine.

[Dibo]

ok, thanks all, i think ill go with lNet, just one more question, is does lNet create a separate thread for each client like Indy does?
or ill have to create that manually?

thanks;

It doesn't use threads. It uses callback events (see demos). More on:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/lNet
FAQ and basic usage:
http://lnet.wordpress.com/

[Leledumbo]

It uses non-blocking sockets, so probably you don't need any thread at all.

[KillerCode]

ok ty, ill give the console version a try

[Leledumbo]

You should try the gui one, console blocks when asking for input so you probably won't notice anything if a message comes when the app is blocking for input.