The code in //net/proxy is responsible for proxy *resolution*.
This is distinct from the other code relating to "proxies", notably:
- http/* and spdy/* contains code for connecting and communication with proxy servers
- socket/* contains code for communicating with SOCKS proxy servers
In general "proxy" is an overloaded and ambiguous term in software engineering, so more specificity for //net/proxy is good.
//net/proxy_resolution more accurately reflects the layer.
Comment 1 by eroman@chromium.org
, May 20 2016