Rationale
The purpose of this extension is to allow seamless integration of remote and inter-process communication endpoints into the file abstraction layer.
By using a unified file_open API, applications can transparently handle reading and writing operations regardless of whether the underlying resource is a regular file or a network socket.
This approach is particularly useful in:
- Distributed systems where data must be read from remote nodes.
- High-performance systems that communicate via Unix Domain Sockets.
- Asynchronous and real-time pipelines where stream-based processing is preferred.
- Restricting this feature to UNIX platforms ensures compatibility with native POSIX socket APIs without introducing platform-specific complexity.
Description
Add support for reading and writing files through both TCP and Unix sockets.
This functionality will only be available on UNIX systems.
The file_open function will be extended to accept a filename in the following formats:
Rationale
The purpose of this extension is to allow seamless integration of remote and inter-process communication endpoints into the file abstraction layer.
By using a unified file_open API, applications can transparently handle reading and writing operations regardless of whether the underlying resource is a regular file or a network socket.
This approach is particularly useful in:
Description
Add support for reading and writing files through both TCP and Unix sockets.
This functionality will only be available on UNIX systems.
The file_open function will be extended to accept a filename in the following formats: