[phobos] std.event / event loop for phobos

[Simen Endsjø]

  On 09.09.2010 07:19, Masahiro Nakagawa wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:53:13 +0900, Johannes Pfau 
> <johannespfau at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>>  On 08.09.2010 16:02, Masahiro Nakagawa wrote:
>>>
>>> I am thinking about std.event.
>>> This module supports system-dependent APIs(kqueue, epoll, etc...) and
>>> abstraction layer.
>>>
>> I think the best solution would be a wrapper / abstraction layer for
>> libev. All of the mentioned APIs (kqueue, epoll, select...) are broken
>> in some way, so writing a new event loop system in D will be painful and
>> it will take a long time until it gets stable. Also libev already has
>> support for more event sources (timer, periodic, signal, stat, ...).
>
> libev is a good library. I often use rev in Ruby programming.
>
> Can Phobos include this library?
>
>
> Masahiro
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Isn't it possible to add a new library not part of the standard where 
such modules could be included?
xtrabos? Containing xtb.event, xtb.curl and other libraries with 
incompatible licenses? Could also act as an incubator project for phobos.