The Split? (was Re: LuaSocket http ftp smpt...)

[PA <petite.abeille@...>]

On Feb 03, 2005, at 02:19, Diego Nehab wrote:

> Does this exist or is it your suggestion for a split between LuaSocket
> and the MIME support?

Talking of splitting... from my perspective, LuaSocket is either a 
misnomer or it tries to do too many things at the same time...

There are several core functionalities in LuaSocket which don't have 
much to do with 'sockets' in the first place, but are very useful by 
themselves:

(1) The core of LuaSocket, as I understand it, is Socket, TCP and UDP. 
That should be all. Nothing more. Nothing less :)

(2) The netlib stack includes application level protocol build on top 
of the core Socket functionality: DNS, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, URL.

(3) A generic MIME handling facility.

(4) LTN12 as a little world in itself. Filters, sources, sinks, pumps 
are useful generic concept which could be used in many different 
contexts.

In a sense, LuaSocket is really 4 generic libraries rolled into one. 
Splitting them along those functional lines would seriously increase 
reuse and general usefulness and could even be viewed as the foundation 
of a standard set of Lua packages :)

Cheers

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