Re: Send a RealArray over a Socket

"Gergely Buday" <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:28:35 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.sml.smlnj
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> I am trying to send a RealArray over a socket.
> However, I noticed that the sendArray function works
> only with Word8Arrays. What is the best way to send a
> large RealArray efficiently over a socket?
>
> Do I have to convert the RealArray into a Word8Array?

Dear Vaishali,

as John wrote you have to have a Word8Array to send it over a socket.
But an option would be to write a wrapper structure around Word8Array
that implements a part of RealArray's signature. It's not clear what
do you use to compute the RealArray but in an optimist's view it's
enough to implement sub, update and tabulate. And a simple function
that exports the underlying Word8Array that you will use only to send
it over a socket. What do you think of this?

- Gergely

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc.
Still grepping through log files to find problems?  Stop.
Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser.
Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >>  http://get.splunk.com/