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@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@ | |||
1 | Major C code rewrite. Code is modular and extensible. Hopefully, next | ||
2 | versions will include code for local domain sockets, file descriptors, | ||
3 | pipes (on unix) and named pipes (on windows) as a bonus. | ||
4 | |||
1 | All functions provided by the library are in the namespace "socket". | 5 | All functions provided by the library are in the namespace "socket". |
2 | Functions such as send/receive/timeout/close etc do not exist in the | 6 | Functions such as send/receive/timeout/close etc do not exist anymore as |
3 | namespace. They are now only available as methods of the appropriate | 7 | stand alone functions. They are now only available as methods of the |
4 | objects. | 8 | appropriate objects. |
5 | 9 | ||
6 | Object has been changed to become more uniform. First create an object for | 10 | TCP has been changed to become more uniform. First create an object, then |
7 | a given domain/family and protocol. Then connect or bind if needed. Then | 11 | connect or bind if needed. Then use IO functions. The "socket.connect" and |
8 | use IO functions. | 12 | "socket.bind" functions are provided for simplicity, but they just call |
13 | "socket.tcp" followed by the ":connect" or ":bind" methods. | ||
9 | 14 | ||
10 | All functions return a non-nil value as first return value if successful. | 15 | All functions return a non-nil value as first return value if successful. |
11 | All functions return whatever could be retrieved followed by error message | 16 | All functions return whatever could be retrieved followed by error message |
12 | in case of error. The best way to check for errors is to check for the | 17 | in case of error. The best way to check for errors is to check for the |
13 | presence of an error message. | 18 | presence of an error message. WARNING: The send function was affected. |
14 | WARNING: The send function was affected. | ||
15 | 19 | ||
16 | Better error messages and parameter checking. | 20 | Better error messages and parameter checking. |
17 | 21 | ||
@@ -20,3 +24,6 @@ setpeername with address "*". | |||
20 | 24 | ||
21 | socket.sleep and socket.time are now part of the library and are | 25 | socket.sleep and socket.time are now part of the library and are |
22 | supported. | 26 | supported. |
27 | |||
28 | Socket options interface has been improved and TCP now also supports socket | ||
29 | options. | ||