I like the idea.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Chris Bentzel <cbent...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using them as a learning exercise for the network stack - and I'm
> guessing that they will help debug behavior in the future as well.
>
> I don't intend to add additional functionality over the standard tools
> - in fact, I promise you they'll be less functional than the standard
> tools. For example, my hresolv executable just takes a hostname and a
> port as options for now.
>
> I'll spend a bit more time getting them to a reasonable point and send
> a patch out for review - figure decision will be easier then over a
> vague description.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Jeremy Orlow <jor...@chromium.org> wrote:
>> What's the intended purpose of such tools?  Do they offer any functionality
>> beyond the standard tools?  Do you envision them being helpful to people
>> debugging the Chromium network stack?
>> (Me replying does in no way imply that I have the authority to say yes or
>> no, btw.  :-)
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Chris Bentzel <cbent...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> I've been trying to dive into the Chromium codebase and have been
>>> focusing on the network stack after getting the gist of how Chromium
>>> on the whole is organized.
>>>
>>> I've written a few hacky little command line tools to exercise some of
>>> the networking components (nslookup-like for HostResolver, wget-like
>>> for HttpNetworkTransaction). Should I spend time trying to flesh these
>>> out and add to net/tools, or is this something which doesn't belong in
>>> the chromium codebase?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chris
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