net

Networking Library

This library is inteded to provide support for networking with both

1. a simple binding around the BSD sockets interface, and
2. a higher-level set of predicates and functions for common patterns. This is a work in progress, and many things are unimplemented.

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TODO

+ Currently no method is provided to connect these sockets to the
  standard libraries IO or stream modules.
+ sendmsg()/recvmsg().
+ Cross platform functionality (Only tested on Linux so far).
+ Non blocking support.
+ Improved name lookup / reverse lookup
+ Network layer:

    + IPv6
    + Unix domain sockets

+ Protocol layer:

    + UDP
    + SCTP

+ High level interface

Modules

+ net.

    Main library module

+ net.types.

    Common datatypes

+ net.sockets.

    Sockets predicates.  This includes the most fundermental operations
    such as listen/connect.

+ net.netdb.

    Network name lookups.

+ net.tcp

    Deprecated module.

+ net.errno

    Internal module with errno functionality.

+ echo

    An example echo server (incomplete).