--- BRAINSTORM.txt 2002/10/07 13:49:31 1.1
+++ BRAINSTORM.txt 2002/10/14 08:05:49 1.2
@@ -302,3 +302,64 @@
int sio_pop (sio_t *sio);
int sio_swap (sio_t *sio1, sio_t *sio2);
+###########################################################################
+
+mlelstv sez:
+
+sio pipe:
+- two chains of handlers for reading and writing
+- "bucket brigade"-buffers, degenerates to static buffer(ptr,len)
+- handler degenerates to (handle,read(2),write(2)) ?
+
+dispatching:
+- sio_strategy(chain)
+ h = chain;
+ while (h) {
+ if h->call(sio) // reader or writer
+ h = h->next;
+ else
+ h = h->prev;
+ }
+
+? eof/error propagation -> global flags, (byte offset ?)
+
+- sio_write(buf)
+ push sio->writebuffer, buf;
+ sio_strategy(sio->writers);
+ buf = pop sio->writebuffer;
+
+- sio_read(bound)
+ sio->readbuffer->append(buf);
+ sio_strategy(sio->readers);
+ pop sio->readbuffer;
+
+
+buffer:
+- bytestream(policy for chunks ?)
+- drop bytestream
+- append bytes to bytestream (ptr, len) == copy
+- prepend bytes to bytestream (ptr, len) == copy
+- append static buffer to bytestream
+- splice bytestream into new bytestream (offset, length, dest)
+- truncate bytestream (offset, length) == splice but drop data
+- traverse chunks of bytestream forward (offset, length)
+- traverse chunks of bytestream reverse (offset, length)
+- splice last chunk from bytestream (convenience function)
+- splice first chunk from bytestream (convenience function)
+- flatten chunks of bytestream into target buffer (convenience function)
+- garbage collection ? pullup ? seek cache ?
+- read consistency while traversing ?
+
+bytestream, chunks, buffer
+
+chunk memory allocator needed
+buffer memory allocator ?
+
+---
+
+stdio "emulation"
+
+fixed buffer <-> bytestream
+EOF handling
+
+
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