[phobos] Breaking changes for std.socket improvement

[Masahiro Nakagawa]

Thanks.

I have something on my mind in committing this change.
std.socket doesn't seem to be Boost license. Why? Can be changed?


Masahiro


On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:24:04 +0900, Sean Kelly <sean at invisibleduck.org>  
wrote:

> Sounds great.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 5, 2010, at 12:08 PM, "Masahiro Nakagawa" <repeatedly at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> std.socket lacks some features and I don't like current design. So, I  
>> rewrote this module.
>>
>> Summary:
>>
>> - Change API of Protocol, Service, and InternetHost.
>>
>> -----
>> /* old */
>> Protocol proto = new Protocol;  // construct before check
>> enforce(proto.getProtocolByType(ProtocolType.TCP));  // check
>> // do stuff
>>
>> /* new */
>> Protocol proto = enforce(Protocol.getByType(ProtocolType.TCP));  //  
>> construct after check
>> // do stuff
>> -----
>>
>> I leaves these classes for aliases(getaddrinfo can't get aliases).
>>
>> - Add AddressInfo class(wraps C's addrinfo struct)
>>
>> AddressInfo resolves some address familes. I added AF_UNIX support.
>> This class is useful for Socket and Endpoint initialization.
>>
>> In the future, above classes should be moved to std.net(or std.net.dns).
>>
>> - Endpoint
>>
>> I think Address should not have port. Address is a address, not a  
>> endpoint.
>> So I added Endpoint structs(derived their name from Asio) and Endpoints  
>> use corresponding Addresses.
>>
>> -- IPEndpoint
>>
>> This struct supports IPv4 and IPv6 using IPAddress.
>>
>> -- LocalEndpoint
>>
>> This struct supports local path using LocalAddress.
>>
>> - Socket
>>
>> Socket is a template bacause Socket should support any address familes.
>> Old Socket uses class-inheritance, but newFamilyObject is  
>> bad(newFamilyObject can't use user-defined class).
>>
>> Some methods of old Socket used return-value checking :(
>>
>> - SocketSet
>>
>> add and remove methods are typesafe-variadic function.
>>
>> - Add const and attribute
>>
>> Sources:
>>
>> - socket.d
>> http://bitbucket.org/repeatedly/scrap/src/tip/socket.d
>>
>> unittest is a simple example.
>>
>> - socketstream.d
>> http://bitbucket.org/repeatedly/scrap/src/tip/socketstream.d
>>
>> std.stream will be replaced or eliminated. This module need?
>>
>> - LocalEndpoint sample
>> http://bitbucket.org/repeatedly/scrap/src/tip/sample/echo_server.d
>> http://bitbucket.org/repeatedly/scrap/src/tip/sample/echo_client.d
>>
>> Contribution from satoru_h
>>
>>
>> I would like to commit this change. What do you think?
>>
>>
>> Masahiro
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