Windows AF_UNIX SOCK_DGRAM request
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Per the blog post announcing AF_UNIX on windows, "Support for the datagram (SOCK_DGRAM) can be considered in future depending on the adoption, feedback and scenarios"
Not sure if it has been asked for elsewhere, but I have a use case where I would find this very helpful
Describe the solution you'd like
The ability to create SOCK_DGRAM AF_UNIX style sockets, thus allowing message boundaries to be preserved
Describe alternatives you've considered
Adding my own basic message boundary headers in a stream socket connection. However, I'd like to be able to plug this into existing libraries that expect datagram sockets without needing to be aware of such a header
Additional context
Note: I am not sure if this is the perfect place to put the request, but https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/af_unix-comes-to-windows/ links to this issue tracker
Thanks!
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Research direction
Start with the linked AF_UNIX-on-Windows blog post and the existing WSL issue discussion; no implementation files or tests are identified in the report. Determine the scope needed for SOCK_DGRAM AF_UNIX-style sockets and verify that message boundaries are preserved for existing datagram-oriented libraries.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100