libcurl

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 5/20/11 4:16 PM, jdrewsen wrote:
> Den 19-05-2011 22:50, Andrei Alexandrescu skrev:
>> On 5/19/11 3:28 PM, jdrewsen wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> Speaking of which, what's the status on recycling them buffers? :o)
>
> I'm slowly going through all the suggestions I received in the "Curl
> wrapper" thread. I still haven't fixed the recycling buffers though.
>
> /Jonas

Great. It's very exciting that once that is done, a two-stroke download 
program that transfers data at optimal speed is a five-liner:

import std.exception, std.net.curl, std.stdio;

void main(string[] args) {
     enforce(args == 2, "Usage: " ~ args[0] ~ " url");
     foreach (chunk; Http.byChunk(args[1])) {
         stdout.rawWrite(chunk);
     }
}

If we play our cards right, then (a) the memory allocated will be 
constant in the size of the input, (b) reading and writing will not 
block each other (except when buffers are full or starved), and (c) 
transfer rate will be optimal, i.e. never slower than the minimum of 
input and output rate.

I'm really looking forward to this.


Andrei