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> On 27-Nov-09, at 8:03 AM, David T. Lewis wrote:
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>> I implemented IOHandle for this, see
http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/996.
>> I have not maintained it since about 2003, but the idea is
>> straightforward.
>
> Yes. I looked into IOHandle when implementing Filesystem, but decided to go
> with a new (simpler, but limited) implementation that would let me explore
> the requirements for the stream architecture I had in mind.
>
>> My purpose at that time was to :
>>
>> * Separate the representation of external IO channels from the
>> represention
>> of streams and communication protocols.
>> * Provide a uniform representation of IO channels similar to the unix
>> notion
>> of treating everything as a 'file'.
>> * Simplify future refactoring of Socket and FileStream.
>> * Provide a place for handling asynchronous IO events. Refer to the aio
>> handling in the unix VM. Files, Sockets, and AsyncFiles could (should)
>> use
>> a common IO event handling mechanism (aio event signaling a Smalltalk
>> Semaphore).
>
> Indeed. Filesystem comes at this from the other direction, but I think we
> want to end up in the same place. For now I've done TSTTCPW, which is use
> the primitives from the FilePlugin. But eventually I want to improve the
> plumbing. You've done some important work here - perhaps Filesystem can use
> AioPlugin at some point.
>
> Colin
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