From: Banzai <noemail@...>
Date: 2007-06-16T15:25:03+09:00
Subject: Solaris door Ruby bindings

I'm writing a ruby extension in C to the Solaris door library.  The 
door library provides for fast IPC locally on Solaris.

I wonder if such a thing is of interest to you.  If you are interested 
(or not), I'd appreciate your input.

1.  Right now, it looks like this:

	## server process
	require 'door'
	class Door
		def func(arg=0)
			return arg**2
		end
	end

	d = Door.new("/path/to/door", "func")
	

	## client process
	require 'door'
	d = Door.new("/path/to/door")

	answer = d.call(2) # => 4

Is it more convenient to say:
	d = Door.new(:path => "/path/to/door", :proc => "func")
?

Which is more ruby-like?

Perhaps I can support both by checking the type of the first VALUE....

2.  Is it OK to distribute this extension under a license other than 
CDDL (this is the Solaris license), say GPL or whatnot?  I'm just using 
the API.

Since I used the code from ruby source (to implement, e.g., 
"File.new(path).door?"), I think I'll have to use GPL, which is 
incompatible with CDDL, from what I read.

3.  If there's enough interest, I would like to register the project 
with Rubyforge under "door" or "ruby-door" or something.  Can you think 
of a better name?

-- 
H. Asari