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 | macOS | FreeBSD | Android | iOS
---------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
SelectEventDriver | yes | yes | yes | yes¹ | — | —
EpollEventDriver | yes | — | — | — | — | —
WinAPIEventDriver | — | yes | — | — | — | —
KqueueEventDriver | — | — | yes | yes¹ | — | —
LibasyncEventDriver | —¹| —¹| —¹| —¹| — | —
¹ planned, but not currenly implemented
Supported compilers
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The following compilers are tested and supported:
- DMD 2.073.0
- DMD 2.072.2
- DMD 2.071.2
- DMD 2.070.2
- LDC 1.1.0
- LDC 1.0.0
Driver development status
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Feature | SelectEventDriver | EpollEventDriver | WinAPIEventDriver | KqueueEventDriver
-----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------
TCP Sockets | yes | yes | — | yes
UDP Sockets | yes | yes | — | yes
USDS | yes | yes | — | yes
DNS | yes | yes | yes | yes
Timers | yes | yes | yes | yes
Events | yes | yes | yes | yes
Unix Signals | yes² | yes² | — | —
Files | yes | yes | yes | yes
UI Integration | yes¹ | yes¹ | yes | yes¹
File watcher | yes² | yes² | yes | —
Feature | LibasyncEventDriver
-----------------|---------------------
TCP Sockets | —
UDP Sockets | —
USDS | —
DNS | —
Timers | —
Events | —
Unix Signals | —
Files | —
UI Integration | —
File watcher | —
¹ Manually, by adopting the X11 display connection socket
² Currently only supported on Linux
### Open questions
- Error code reporting
- Enqueued writes
- Use the type system to prohibit passing thread-local handles to foreign threads