Why not just create a binding to 0MQ and get much, much more than asked for?
On Mon, 2016-09-26 at 23:40 +0000, Vincent via Digitalmars-d-learn
wrote:
> Hello, guys!
>
> I was very surprised that module 'socketstream' was deprecated.
> Usually if something become obsolete, there is some perfect
> replacement! But my digging in Inet and forums gave nothing, but
> "outdated" examples with 'SocketStream' class. So first question
> is WHAT Phobos has to replace SocketStream?
> To avoid unnecessary mail bouncing, I write upfront what I expect
> from normal Socket implementation (kind of interface) :
>
> 1. Easy to use. No more stupid "UNIX sockets", "TCP types" and so
> on. Just simple as this:
>
> // Client side
> auto sock = new ClientSocket("google.com", 80);
> sock.WriteLine("GET / HTTP/1.0");
> sock.WriteLine("Host: google.com");
> sock.WriteLine();// empty line sent
>
> // Server side:
> auto svc = new ServerSocket("Bound.To.This.IP", 1000);
> while ((auto ClientSock = svc.AcceptClient()) !is null) {
> auto command = ClientSock.ReadLine();// this is important -
> read by line, not idiotic "buffers of bytes"!
> ClientSock.WriteLine(command ~ ` yourself!`);
> ClientSock.Close();
> }
>
> 2. Of course integration with std.stream could be nice, it gives
> "for free" readLine and other methods.
> 3. Ability to 'get and forget': hardly all of us wanna deal with
> "get portion, write portion to disk, blah". Simple
> "sock.ReceiveFile(`http://porno/girl.avi`,
> `c:\diploma_work.avi`)" could be enough.
> Some kind of "progress report" callback would be nice.
> 4. SSL/TLS out-of-the-box. In example above it should be same
> easy as:
>
> auto sock = new ClientSocket("google.com", 80, Proto.TLS);
>
>
> At the moment it's all I need, but hope you'll be happy too with
> such interface. Sockets are SOOO important, that I cannot believe
> we don't have so easy API now. Or if we have, please share!
>
> Thanks everybody!
>
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