zoujiaqing/eventcore

Proof-of-concept event loop abstraction library

EventCore

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.

Supported drivers and operating systems

Driver	Linux	Windows	OS X	FreeBSD
SelectEventDriver	yes	yes¹	yes¹	yes¹
EpollEventDriver	yes	no	no	no
WinAPIEventDriver	no	yes¹	no	no
KqueueEventDriver	no	no	yes¹	yes¹

¹ planned, but not currenly implemented

Driver development status

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

• Error code reporting
• Adopting existing file descriptors
• Enqueued writes