eventcore/README.md

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EventCore
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This is a high-performance native event loop abstraction for D, focused on asynchronous I/O and GUI message integration. The API is callback (delegate) based. For a higher level fiber based abstraction, take a look at [vibe.d](https://vibed.org/).
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Supported drivers and operating systems
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Driver | Linux | Windows | OS X | FreeBSD
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SelectEventDriver | yes | yes | yes¹ | yes¹
EpollEventDriver | yes | no | no | no
WinAPIEventDriver | no | yes | no | no
KqueueEventDriver | no | no | yes¹ | yes¹
¹ planned, but not currenly implemented
Driver development status
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Feature | SelectEventDriver | EpollEventDriver | WinAPIEventDriver | KqueueEventDriver
-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------
TCP Sockets | yes | yes | no | no
UDP Sockets | yes | yes | no | no
USDS | yes | yes | no | no
DNS | yes | yes | no | no
Timers | yes | yes | no | no
Events | yes | yes | no | no
Signals | yes² | yes² | no | no
Files | yes | yes | no | no
UI Integration | no | no | no | no
File watcher | yes² | yes² | no | no
² Currently only supported on Linux
Open questions
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- Error code reporting
- Adopting existing file descriptors
- Enqueued writes