[ANSI-Smalltalk] Sockets

[Bruce Badger]

I would very much like to see sockets included in the next version of
the Smalltalk standard and suggest that we go for as direct a mapping
as possible to the POSIX specification.  This would lead us to have a
POSIX socket class and exceptions for the various errors that can come
up with a socket (e.g. AGAIN).  As far as possible I think there
should be a direct mapping between the ideas and terminology expressed
in POSIX and in the Smalltalk implementations.

A comprehensive implementation of POSIX sockets would open the way for
portable abstractions that could sit on top.

The POSIX socket classes should not get in the way of existing socket
implementations.  Current socket classes could continue to work as
they do now, or via the new POSIX classes since current Smalltalk
socket code must ultimately work in terms of POSIX anyway.

So, broadly, how does this sound?

Thanks,
    Bruce
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