Comment 1 for bug 846069

The nrtb::tcp_socket and the nrtb::conf_reader are the primary users of the functions listed above.

Oh and for the record these are NOT "C style" functions.. they are in modern in both design and operation. They are type-safe, throw if they have a problem, do not return status flags and use modern syntax and the STL. They are free-standing functions, but that's the only only similarity to classic "C" functions; they would not even compile in C.

So there! :)