Re: [tcljava-dev] Socket stuff - good time to improve?

[Mo D. <su...@ba...>]

On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:27:59 +0000
Neil Madden <ne...@cs...> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> OK - my exams are over, and I have some time to look again at my socket
> code in Jacl. It needs some work. After the messages a while ago about
> common functionality in the Channel class, is now a good time for me to
> review the socket code and try and finish it off? i.e. - is the Channel
> class in a finished state? Also, what is the model for integrating with
> fconfigure, fileevent etc? Has work begun on fileevent?

Well, the socket code is a bit different now. I have rewritten much of
it as part of the Channel rewrite. I don't think there is any reason for
you to hold off on touching up the Socket classes. The fileevent stuff
is going to have to wait until later since it will have to be part of
the Channel rewrite (which is not yet done). If you are looking for
something to do, there are always regression tests. Many current
fail since the test suite was moved up the Tcl 8.3 and Jacl needs to
be updated to match these test cases.

> PS - has anyone used my socket code? If so, could you send me feedback
> on whether it works as expected, etc?

I tested it out for some simple things and it seems to work well. I also added
some more error checks to act more like Tcl and pass more io tests.

cheers
Mo