> From: "Sandro Magi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 7/10/07, Rhythmic Fistman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There's some support for async disk file I/O, but really > > > > Linux can't do this so it's fairly pointless. > > > > Win32 felix happily uses TransmitFile. That looks like async file io > > to me, or at least async file -> socket. I don't see any reason to limit > > ourselves to things that linux is capable of... In fact the library can > > transparently take advantage of the existence of platform specific > > functions like TransmitFile/sendfile if you use the "cat" call. Hmm, > > the Flx_stream code doesn't seem to do that, it's using a memory > > buffers and reads and writes. That's a "todo" right there. > > Are there "raw"/low-level platform independent I/O interfaces which do > not perform any internal buffering? I can't have any buffering done > "behind the scenes" since I need to properly account for all > resources, which includes buffers.
Yes, the IOByteStreams' read/write do just that. There are also two versions of cat: the one cited above that allocates its own buffers for user convenience and one that doesn't. RF ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language
