Re: Asynchronous DNS

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> (resolve-name "foo.bar"
>>   (lambda (status ip)
>>     (make-network-process :host "foo.bar" :ip ip ...)))
>
> If possible, I'd rather the async-dns-resolution be done directly as
> part of make-network-process.

If we go for a C-level solution here, then that would definitely be
preferable.  `make-network-process' would then take an :async parameter
and return as soon as it's started name resolution, returning a process
object in a new "resolving" state.  The connection would be completed
from the DNS callback, or from the event loop, possibly.

Error handling would be somewhat different in :async, of course.

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