Socket/File support?

[Xe]

It would be interesting to make a FIEL-like BUKKIT that would be a part of the core library and specification. Maybe some calls like:

FILO = File-like object

Name	Purpose	C-like function
LUK	Read a LETTAR, LINE, or WORD from a FILO	fscanf()
SCRIBBEL	Write a YARN to a FILO	fprintf()
AGEIN	Rewinds the FILO	rewind()
HAZ	creates a FILO	n/a
OPEN	Opens a file into a FILO	fopen()
KONN	Connects a socket to a FILO	connect()
BIND	Binds a socket to a FILO	bind()

[justinmeza]

I think this is a good idea! Have you happened to see some of the more recent commits on the "future" branch to support binding to external libraries? I'm still working out the right interface for binding, but I have some examples with some basic file I/O and string manipulation in "binding.c" (BTW, I'm horrible at coming up with LOL-worthy names, so feel free to suggest some better ones!). I think that we can potentially encapsulate these functions using the same interface. Take a look and let me know what you think.

We'll probably want to come up with a set of commands that provide enough functionality to build interesting programs. Feel free to hop on IRC to discuss, I can also set up a forum to document these things, or maybe GitHub is good enough?

[arth]

Hi,

I'm checking out the future branch, and having a play with SOCKS. I'm attempting to send a newline, however the literal string seems to be passed when I try things like:

I IZ SOCKS'Z PUT YR socket AND YR conn AN YR "blah:)" MKAY

Is there any way to send newlines?

[justinmeza]

Ah, I think this is a bug with string interpolation in library calls. Thanks for catching that. Right now, when a library call gets a string as an argument, it does not interpolate it. I will file a separate issue for fixing that.

One thing that will work is assigning the string to a variable and passing that to the SOCKS calls. Here's an example that I've checked works: https://github.com/justinmeza/httpd.lol/blob/master/httpd.lol#L68-L77 .

[arth]

Ah, I had thought about doing that as a workaround, but I thought I'd ask first.

Thanks!

[justinmeza]

OK, I just pushed a commit that interpolates strings in library calls.

[lar3ry]

We'll probably want to come up with a set of commands that provide enough functionality to build interesting programs. Feel free to hop on IRC to discuss, I can also set up a forum to document these things, or maybe GitHub is good enough?

Don't know where else to put this. On the forum register page (http://forum.lolcode.org/ucp.php?mode=register), there is no text field for the captcha. I have tried it with IE, Chrome, and Firefox, but it's all the same. Can't register.