New KIO::Connection

[Ralf Habacker]

Thiago Macieira schrieb:
> Ralf Habacker wrote:
>   
>> To get this stuff initial running on win32 I added a an experimental tcp
>> backend (see appended patch) and got kio_file with kioslavetest and kate
>> running. It uses an url form of  tcp://<host>:<port> to make the
>> Connection class able to select the correct backend.
>>     
>
> Thank you Ralf, I'll add it to my local tree and enable it to see how it 
> works.
>
>   
Is there any timeline for integrating this new connection stuff in kde
svn ?


>   
>> Another issue I had with connectToRemote(). In the method the connection
>> state is set unconditional, although there may be errors returning from
>> connectToHost. I had added a workaround, there may be better solutions
>> for this.
>>     
>
> You're not supposed to use waitForConnected() with KSocketFactory-created 
> sockets. It works now, but I make no promises it will continue working in 
> the future. In special, if it requires downloading a JS script in order 
> to find the proxy, it may have to leave the returned socket in the 
> Unconnected state, instead of HostLookup.
>
> In any case, in this backend we can safely use QTcpSocket directly. There 
> should be no proxies in use for local KIO connections.
>
>   
I will update the patch.

Ralf