[GSoC Proposal draft] High-Level Networking

[Max Klyga]

On 2011-04-06 02:30:44 +0300, Torarin said:

> 2011/4/4 Max Klyga <max.klyga at gmail.com>:
>> Thanks to everyone who provided feedback!
>> 
>> I'll post my proposal update tomorrow.
>> 
>> 
> 
> I'm looking forward to it too! I've done a fair amount of research on
> these topics and given networking in D a lot of thought. I'd prefer
> the standard library's socket interface to be more low level than it
> is today, and to have a socket type that provides non-blocking IO
> transparently through fibers. This enables both generic protocol
> implementations that can handle several types of concurrency, and
> efficient parsers using buffered input ranges.
> 
> I also think the library should offer it's own event loop instead of
> linking to libev or libevent, which have their weaknesses in such a
> context. For instance, you can't simply hand over garbage collected
> objects to them, which is unfortunate given the usefulness of closures
> for handling events. I also think a lower-level API than Boost ASIO is
> wise, because one may need to use novel and platform-specific
> optimizations like linux splice, a must for efficient file servers.
> 
> As I mentioned, I have started implementing some of this. Would you be
> interested in pairing up with me on some parts of the project?
> 
> Best regards, Torarin

I'll be glad to cooperate if this isn't explicitly forbidden by GSoC 
rules (which is highly implausible).
I too think that current socket interface could be improved.