Working directly with Eina_Slice is easier than a pointer to it,
requires no validation of the pointers and is cheap since it's just
putting together size_t + void*.
However we can't hint the user of 'const(Eina.Slice)' properties as
Eolian is incorrectly generating getters as:
const Eina_Slice class_property_get(...)
which is makes compilers complain about ignored qualifiers:
../src/lib/ecore/efl_io_copier.eo.h:329:7: warning: 'const' type qualifier on return type has no effect [-Wignored-qualifiers]
Leave some TODO so @q66 can fix those.
Previously we couldn't return a slice, instead required the user to
pass a slice and we'd fill it since Eolian couldn't generate fallbacks
for structures.
Since @q66 fixed eolian, we can now return the structure itself as
initially wanted, ditching some TODO from the code.
Since all other efl.io objects are low-level, the recommended approach
is to use an efl.io.copier. However when dealing with in-memory,
bi-directional comms like talking to a socket, we always end with 2
queues, 2 copiers and the annoying setup that is being replicated in
ecore_ipc, efl_debug and so on.
This class is the base to make it simpler. Other classes such as
Efl.Net.Socket.Simple, Efl.Net.Dialer.Simple and Efl.Net.Server.Simple
will use it to provide simpler code to users.
I guess we can call EFL+EO Java now?
Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri