[libdispatch-dev] Some questions about source handling

[cee1]

Hi all,

Questions:

1. How does a source's event handler accesses data returned by kevent?

Data returned by kevent will finally be recorded is ds_data field in
_dispatch_source_latch_and_call. The event handler will be called with
ds_handler_ctxt, which shoule be do_ctxt. "do_ctxt" can be set by
function dispatch_set_context. The problem is:

   - If a handler need to access ds_data, we have to set a proper do_ctxt
   (e.g. a do_ctxt of source). That's not convenient.
   - "ds_data" is a member of dispatch_source_t, and dispatch_source_t is
   an opaque struct to client code.

2. We have custom source of type DISPATCH_SOURCE_TYPE_DATA_ADD
and DISPATCH_SOURCE_TYPE_DATA_OR, and can use dispatch_source_merge_data
to fire custom sources. Why we don't have an 'is_level' source?

An "is_level" source may not make much sense, but can be attached with
cancel handler, this may be useful in some cases.



-- 
Regards,

- cee1
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