From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 12:36:04 +0100
Date: 2014-11-15T12:36:04+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u79esnxo3ou.b6qjppxobju5.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m47cpf$23j$1@loke.gir.dk
On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:18:02 +0200, Tero Koskinen wrote:
> C API for select() is not pretty and you need to be very careful when
> using it to avoid FD_SET overflows, for example.
All socket API is awful stuff.
> Many prefer to use poll() instead of select(), since API for poll() is
> much cleaner.
>
> It is also a nightmare to create Ada bindings to select().
The approach should be similar to GNAT.Sockets, e.g. a medium- or
higher-level socket API with all nasty and OS-dependent details hidden.
GNAT.Sockets is medium level. Ideally, it could be a bit higher, e.g. have
a protected object waitable for a socket event.
> They are of course tied to specific systems, but people have
> created "wrapper" libraries like libevent[1], which allow one
> to choose their favorite polling mechanism and use same API
> on all systems.
Yes, that's the right way to do it.
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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2014-11-10 9:30 What exactly is the licensing situation with Gnat? Hubert
2014-11-10 10:03 ` Markus Schöpflin
2014-11-10 10:38 ` What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? Jacob Sparre Andersen
2014-11-10 11:09 ` Hubert
2014-11-10 11:19 ` Markus Schöpflin
2014-11-10 15:45 ` David Botton
2014-11-11 0:09 ` Hubert
2014-11-11 10:54 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-11 11:05 ` Hubert
2014-11-11 13:37 ` john
2014-11-11 22:52 ` Hubert
2014-11-11 23:10 ` David Botton
2014-11-11 23:25 ` Alan Jump
2014-11-12 0:50 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 1:02 ` Simon Clubley
2014-11-12 7:09 ` Gour
2014-11-12 11:06 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 7:41 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-13 1:30 ` Simon Clubley
2014-11-12 1:15 ` Hubert
2014-11-12 1:24 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 1:33 ` Hubert
2014-11-12 7:13 ` Gour
2014-11-12 10:56 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 8:12 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-12 8:35 ` Hubert
2014-11-12 9:25 ` Mark Carroll
2014-11-12 9:37 ` Hubert
2014-11-12 10:31 ` jm.tarrasa
2014-11-12 10:43 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-11-12 10:44 ` Hubert
2014-11-12 12:06 ` Gour
2014-11-12 12:38 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 15:23 ` Gour
2014-11-12 16:30 ` David Botton
2014-11-12 13:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-12 22:53 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-12 23:21 ` David Botton
2014-11-13 1:49 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 8:18 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-13 21:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-14 8:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 22:24 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-14 22:43 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-15 9:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-18 0:37 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-18 9:04 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 4:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-14 5:12 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 6:13 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-14 8:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 22:29 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-15 9:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 9:40 ` Pascal Obry
2014-11-15 11:18 ` Tero Koskinen
2014-11-15 11:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2014-11-18 0:28 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-18 9:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-18 22:25 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-19 9:10 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-19 23:59 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-20 9:53 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-20 21:23 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-21 9:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-21 22:12 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-22 9:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 17:32 ` Florian Weimer
2014-11-15 19:58 ` 'Image (was: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-18 0:39 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-18 8:20 ` 'Image Björn Lundin
2014-11-18 22:29 ` 'Image Randy Brukardt
2014-11-19 13:46 ` 'Image (was: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) Brian Drummond
2014-11-19 14:21 ` 'Image G.B.
2014-11-20 13:32 ` 'Image Brian Drummond
2014-11-13 0:48 ` What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? sbelmont700
2014-11-13 1:31 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 1:29 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 8:03 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-13 22:22 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 16:26 ` Tero Koskinen
2014-11-13 22:29 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 1:54 ` Hubert
2014-11-13 2:04 ` Hubert
2014-11-13 7:53 ` Luther Bogart
2014-11-13 7:58 ` Luther Bogart
2014-11-13 16:38 ` Tero Koskinen
2014-11-13 21:57 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-13 22:02 ` Mark Carroll
2014-11-13 22:43 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-14 1:36 ` Hubert
2014-11-14 4:45 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-14 5:24 ` Hubert
2014-11-14 8:51 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 9:02 ` Stan Mills
2014-11-14 10:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 10:38 ` Stan Mills
2014-11-14 12:57 ` Peter Chapin
2014-11-14 22:33 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-17 8:28 ` Stan Mills
2014-11-14 13:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-14 15:29 ` Things that OO programming lacks (was: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) G.B.
2014-11-14 16:32 ` Things that OO programming lacks Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 19:46 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-16 10:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-16 18:51 ` Shark8
2014-11-16 19:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 15:17 ` G.B.
2014-11-17 17:28 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 18:23 ` G.B.
2014-11-17 20:02 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-17 21:05 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-18 10:14 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-18 13:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-18 18:50 ` G.B.
2014-11-18 19:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 19:21 ` Shark8
2014-11-17 20:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-16 17:54 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-16 19:01 ` Niklas Holsti
2014-11-16 19:14 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-16 19:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-16 20:33 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-17 8:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 14:29 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-17 17:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 8:36 ` What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? Stan Mills
2014-11-17 11:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 14:20 ` G.B.
2014-11-14 9:19 ` Hubert
2014-11-14 10:30 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 1:00 ` Hubert
2014-11-15 1:24 ` Hubert
2014-11-15 9:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 10:27 ` Hubert
2014-11-15 19:44 ` Robert A Duff
2014-11-15 7:22 ` Gour
2014-11-15 9:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 10:51 ` Gour
2014-11-15 11:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-15 12:41 ` Gour
2014-11-15 13:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-17 8:11 ` Stan Mills
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2014-11-17 8:48 ` Stan Mills
2014-11-17 10:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-11-13 8:03 ` Pete Ballmer
2014-11-13 8:41 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-13 8:59 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-12 11:18 ` David Botton
2014-11-13 0:01 ` David Botton
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2014-11-13 23:56 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 7:50 ` community-based compiler (was Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) Gour
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2014-11-14 14:53 ` community-based compiler (was Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) Luke A. Guest
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2014-11-14 16:16 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 16:34 ` David Botton
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2014-11-16 19:30 ` community-based compiler Florian Weimer
2014-11-14 15:27 ` Gour
2014-11-14 16:16 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 16:26 ` Gour
2014-11-14 16:48 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-16 19:31 ` Florian Weimer
2014-11-14 16:03 ` community-based compiler (was Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?) Tero Koskinen
2014-11-14 22:40 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-15 1:07 ` Luke A. Guest
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2014-11-16 19:29 ` Florian Weimer
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2014-11-14 18:55 ` David Botton
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2014-11-14 21:07 ` Luke A. Guest
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2014-11-15 1:07 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-18 0:52 ` Randy Brukardt
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2014-11-18 9:25 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-11-18 22:33 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-15 12:44 ` Brian Drummond
2014-11-15 22:47 ` Shark8
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2014-11-16 21:38 ` Shark8
2014-11-17 11:28 ` Natasha Kerensikova
2014-11-19 13:48 ` Brian Drummond
2014-11-27 12:52 ` Brian Drummond
2014-11-14 21:05 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 8:25 ` What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT? Pete Ballmer
2014-11-14 12:46 ` Peter Chapin
2014-11-15 8:47 ` Mart van de Wege
2014-11-16 9:32 ` Pete Ballmer
2014-11-16 19:41 ` Florian Weimer
2014-11-12 13:31 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
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