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@@ -26,19 +26,10 @@ which of these functions to include, in light of the fact that GLib/Qt native stubs will probably also exist. - - The message handler interface needs rethinking, perhaps handlers should be able - to return an error that automatically gets turned into a message; most likely - some basic spec'ing out of the GLib/Qt level stubs/skels stuff will be - needed to understand the right approach. - - assorted _-prefixed symbols in libdbus aren't actually used by libdbus, only by the message bus. These bloat up the library size. Not sure how to fix, really. - - if you send a message to a service then block for reply, and the service exits/crashes - after the message bus has processed your message but before the service has replied, - it would be nice if the message bus sent you an error reply. - - build and install the Doxygen manual in Makefile when --enable-docs - if you send the same message to multiple connections, the serial number @@ -89,8 +80,6 @@ - add dbus_message_has_path(), maybe has_member/interface - - The OBJECT_PATH type is not documented in the spec. - - re_align_field_recurse() in dbus-message.c is broken because it crashes on some types of header field values. security problem. @@ -99,18 +88,21 @@ be coded to handle it restarting - modify the wire protocol to keep the args signature separate - from the args themselves. Make the name of TYPE_NAMED part + from the args themselves. Make the name of TYPE_CUSTOM part of the type signature, rather than part of the value. Then you have the full typecheck in a single string. - - rename TYPE_NAMED to TYPE_CUSTOM, probably a clearer name. - - dbus_message_iter_init_array_iterator has "iter" and "iterator" in the same function name - the GLib bindings varargs take DBUS_TYPE_WHATEVER and return stuff allocated with dbus_malloc(); should this be made more "G" at some expense in code duplication? + You also still have to use some D-BUS functions such as + dbus_message_get_args() which takes a DBusError. + Probably we need to either fully encapsulate and hide + dbus/dbus.h, or encapsulate it slightly less e.g. no + GError. - need to define bus behavior if you send a message to yourself; is it an error, or allowed? If allowed, @@ -124,3 +116,9 @@ - the varargs dbus_message_get_args() needs to support OBJECT_PATH and OBJECT_PATH_ARRAY + + - recursive dispatch, see dbus_connection_dispatch() + + - the auth protocol may as well use hex encoding instead of + base64, then we can dump the base64 implementation and + save some bloat. |