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* bug#24075: tls/https support in Guile (through r6rs binary ports?)
@ 2016-07-26 15:55 Christopher Allan Webber
  2016-08-04 20:37 ` Andy Wingo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Christopher Allan Webber @ 2016-07-26 15:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 24075

Guile lacks https support by default, which is a really glaring omission
in any modern language!  I've submitted some code adapted from Guix
previously as a step towards adding https support:

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2015-09/msg00031.html

While it can be pulled off through some gnutls hacks, these have
problems.  Unfortunately, it seems that the file descriptor is leaked:

  http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=20145

I've been told on IRC that the "right solution" is to add r6rs style
binary ports:

  http://www.r6rs.org/final/html/r6rs-lib/r6rs-lib-Z-H-9.html

So maybe that's what should be done?

Anyway, I think this is one of *the most important things* that Guile
currently lacks.  (It's held me back from considering Guile as a serious
choice for at least one project, myself!)  Hope it can be fixed!

 - Chris





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2016-07-26 15:55 bug#24075: tls/https support in Guile (through r6rs binary ports?) Christopher Allan Webber
2016-08-04 20:37 ` Andy Wingo
2016-08-21 15:58   ` Christopher Allan Webber
2016-11-05 18:39     ` Christopher Allan Webber
2016-11-05 19:02       ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-06 17:37         ` Christopher Allan Webber
2016-11-06 21:13           ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-07 18:14             ` Christopher Allan Webber
2016-11-07 20:13               ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-06 18:32         ` Christopher Allan Webber
2016-11-06 21:06           ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-07  4:40             ` Christopher Allan Webber

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