[Feature Request]: Support windows named pipes
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- Rust
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Description
[Named pipes](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/ipc/named-pipes) are already something supported in [tokio](https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/tokio/net/windows/named_pipe/index.html).
This would be useful in windows systems in situations where it would preferable to not use a TCP socket when traffic is across the same machine in request response model.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the Tokio Windows named-pipe documentation linked in the issue, then inspect tarpc's current transport entry points and how request-response traffic is supported. Done means tarpc can use Windows named pipes for same-machine request-response communication without relying on a TCP socket.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- backend-api-design, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100