[proof of concept] libwbclient.so

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Volker Lendecke wrote:

> Next question: What about a fully async API? There might be
> interested projects around that could make good use of a
> working winbind (Kai: hint, hint :-)

Sure.  This would eventually be useful to smbd as well.

> I could imagine that we might design an API that does not
> depend on the full lib/events code, but that can be plugged
> into it.
> 
> An API that gives callbacks to register sockets with a
> main-program controlled event loop and marks them "I want to
> read/write, please tell me when I can".
> 
> Would it be worth if I spent a bit on design, or is this a
> no-go from the start?

I like the idea, but I don't want to initially get bogged
down in it.  Initially, I want to get consensus on the API
and cleanup the building/linking.  But I'm more than willing
to coordinate work on it.





cheers, jerry
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