On 07/02/16 1:48 PM, Jason White wrote:
I see the subject of IO streams brought up here occasionally. The
general consensus seems to be that we need something better than what
Phobos provides.
I wrote a library "io" that can work as a replacement for std.stdio,
std.mmfile, std.cstream, and parts of std.stream:
GitHub: https://github.com/jasonwhite/io
Package: https://code.dlang.org/packages/io
This library provides an input and output range interface for streams
(which is more efficient if the stream is buffered). Thus, many of the
wonderful range operations from std.range and std.algorithm can be used
with this.
I'm interested in feedback on this library. What is it missing? How can
be better?
I'm also interested in a discussion of what IO-related functionality
people are missing in Phobos.
Please destroy!
I posted a link to your repo a couple days ago in IRC.
Honestly? I like it. It looks reasonably well made.
There is a bit of work regarding interfaces + ranges.
I.e. Sink really should be inheriting from OutputRange!ubyte
Its no where near Phobos quality and that is ok for now.
I do think given time it could be a reasonably good base to rework
std.socket, std.stdio, std.stream, std.cstream and std.mmfile into a
completely new set of modules.
Most of that code it would end up replacing is I think almost 10 years
old either way its from D1 and I think we can do better.
