• Martin Hess <martinhess mac.com> Nov 16 2007
• Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup billbaxter.com> Nov 16 2007
• "Janice Caron" <caron800 googlemail.com> Nov 17 2007

Martin Hess <martinhess mac.com> writes:

I'm trying to figure which socket API to use in Phobos. There appears 
to be 3 choices for linux:

1) A general version: std.socket

2) A linux version: std.c.linux.socket
	- this one gets a version assert on X86_64

3) The last isn't really a socket class but it has the socket calls: 
std.c.unix.unix. It is used by version #1 above.

Version #2 redeclares the c socket api that is declared in #3

Are all 3 versions considered public?

Is #2 really just for X86, or should it also work with any Unix/BSD 
socket implementation?

Which one is best tested? Which of course leads to the question is 
there any kind of test suite for Phobos?

Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup billbaxter.com> writes:

Martin Hess wrote:
 I'm trying to figure which socket API to use in Phobos. There appears to 
 be 3 choices for linux:
 
 1) A general version: std.socket
 
 2) A linux version: std.c.linux.socket
     - this one gets a version assert on X86_64
 
 3) The last isn't really a socket class but it has the socket calls: 
 std.c.unix.unix. It is used by version #1 above.
 
 Version #2 redeclares the c socket api that is declared in #3
 
 Are all 3 versions considered public?
 
 Is #2 really just for X86, or should it also work with any Unix/BSD 
 socket implementation?
 
 Which one is best tested? Which of course leads to the question is there 
 any kind of test suite for Phobos?


All the std.c.* packages are just ports of the C header files to let you 
link with native C standard library functions.  I've never used sockets 
in D, so I don't know for sure, but I'd guess 1) is the one you should 
be using since it was made specifically for D.

--bb

"Janice Caron" <caron800 googlemail.com> writes:

I've used std.sockets. It was actually very easy to use. I would
definitely recommend that.

If you already understand the C API, then learning the D API is a
piece of cake, and the end result is /much/ nicer code. I mean - it
uses classes for Walter's sake! C only uses functions and so feels
very old and clunky by comparison.

There is a fourth option. Tango also has sockets. I've got absolutely
no idea how to use them, but they're definitely there. I can't
recommend that, because I'm a Phobos-lover, and wouldn't dream of
recommending Tango until the two become compatible, but I can't deny
the option exists.