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# OBSOLETED BY
This project was obsoleted by the [new Zig implementation][zigimpl].
Code is smaller, simpler and safer to use.
Packet format and API are a bit simpler, too.
# libipc # libipc
libipc - Simple, easy-to-use IPC library libipc - Simple, easy-to-use IPC library
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See the presentation in [docs/libipc.md](docs/libipc.md). See the presentation in [docs/libipc.md](docs/libipc.md).
> This library is a work in progress, but is already used intensively in production.
> It works, but we provide no warranty.
# Compilation # Compilation
`make` `make`
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For performance improvements within `libipc`: For performance improvements within `libipc`:
- `libipc` will be rewritten in Zig -- **DONE!**
- `libipc` shouldn't use realloc for each event (new client, new message, etc.) but by batch of a few thousand elements - `libipc` shouldn't use realloc for each event (new client, new message, etc.) but by batch of a few thousand elements
- `libipc` should use better internal structures, unrequiring the use of loops (over the whole list of messages or connections) for each action - `libipc` should use better internal structures, unrequiring the use of loops (over the whole list of messages or connections) for each action
- `libipc` will be rewritten in Zig
# Planning for 0.9 # Planning for 0.9
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- `libipc` should have usable bindings in several languages - `libipc` should have usable bindings in several languages
[zigimpl]: https://git.baguette.netlib.re/Baguette/libipc
# Implementation design
## Memory management
1. Prefer stack over mallocs.
2. Basic functions (such as *usock_*) should not handle memory allocation.