Re: [Caml-list] Completeness of "Unix" run-time library

[Vasili Galchin <vasiliocaml@yahoo.com>]

Hi Sven,

    Here is Gregoire aka Georgi ipv6 code (oops ...
maybe he is not Georgi but instead Henri) ... anyway I
read it and I like what he did:

1) it seems to be complete albeit seems to be minus
ipv4. Question: how to transition from ipv4 to ipv6?
Or how to have ipv4 and ipv6 namespaces?

2) After I read this code then I think it makes sense
to split unix.mli/unix.ml into socket.mli/socket.ml,
time.mli/time.ml, etc. as Gregoire Henry has done.

Regards, Vasili

--- Gregoire HENRY <gregoire.henry@etu.upmc.fr> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:14:20 +0100
> From: Gregoire HENRY <gregoire.henry@etu.upmc.fr>
> To: Vasili Galchin <vasiliocaml@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] multicast IP added to the
> Unix library
> 
> Hello,
> 
> >      I have added so far the multicast join and
> drop functionality to the unix (and threads) OCaml
> library. I have tested this functionality and it
> works. I do want to respect what has been
> implemented in the past (very fine work). I looked
> carefully at the various setsockopt functions in
> unix.mli and the multicast work didn't seem to fit
> easily within the bool, int, float paradigmn because
> the setsockopt call for multicast passes in a
> structure plus the setsockopt "level" actual
> parameter is not SOL_SOCKET (i.e. we are setting
> socket state at a different level, i.e. IPPROTO_IP).
> Hence, I implemented as two functions,
> multicast_join and multicast_drop. I, of course,
> amenable to changes in what I have done. Is there a
> code review process in order to get something into
> the mainline of OCaml?? Please someone supply me
> with details.
> 
> I believe there is no special review process yet,
> except perhaps filling a request's bug and attach
> your patch :
> http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
> 
> BTW, I missed your previous mail but I make some
> preliminary work
> this summer on bindings OCaml with IPv6 socket
> interface (RFC 3493).
> In particulary, introduce a new
> setsockopt_multicast.
> 
> I would be pleased to compare with your
> implementation.
> You can found mine here : 
> http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~henry/ip6/
> 
> regards,
> -- Gregoire Henry

--- Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 09:59:20AM -0800, james
> woodyatt wrote:
> > On 09 Mar 2004, at 09:30, Vasili Galchin wrote:
> > > 
> > >      I have yet to finish reading through
> otherlibs/unix/unix.mli. I 
> > >kind of consider this POSIX API support. In any
> case, is there is a 
> > >consensus that what is in unix.mli is complete?
> Or does new 
> > >functionality have to be added? If so, what?
> > 
> > I think the Unix module could be regarded as
> incomplete.
> > 
> > The tactic I have taken with this problem is to
> regard the Unix library 
> > in the Ocaml distribution as the property of
> INRIA.  It has what it 
> > has, and it will get what INRIA decides is missing
> when the INRIA team 
> > decides to put it there.
> > 
> > I found the support for socket options to be
> lacking.  I wanted IPv6 
> 
> I also have a bug report open against the debian
> ocaml package asking
> quite intently for IPv6 supoprt, also claiming ocaml
> to be 'useless' to
> him until it would support IPv6.
> 
> Is there any IPv6 support planed in the near future
> ? I know this
> discussion did already happen, but i guess nothing
> came of it back then.
> 
> Friendly,
> 
> Sven Luther
> 
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