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tls/https support in Guile (through r6rs binary ports?)

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To: Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber <at> dustycloud.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24075: closed (tls/https support in Guile (through r6rs
 binary ports?))
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:15:02 +0000

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From: Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber <at> dustycloud.org>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Subject: tls/https support in Guile (through r6rs binary ports?)
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:55:46 -0500

Guile lacks https support by default, which is a really glaring omission
in any modern language!  I've submitted some code adapted from Guix
previously as a step towards adding https support:

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2015-09/msg00031.html

While it can be pulled off through some gnutls hacks, these have
problems.  Unfortunately, it seems that the file descriptor is leaked:

  http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=20145

I've been told on IRC that the "right solution" is to add r6rs style
binary ports:

  http://www.r6rs.org/final/html/r6rs-lib/r6rs-lib-Z-H-9.html

So maybe that's what should be done?

Anyway, I think this is one of *the most important things* that Guile
currently lacks.  (It's held me back from considering Guile as a serious
choice for at least one project, myself!)  Hope it can be fixed!

 - Chris

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From: Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber <at> dustycloud.org>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>, 24075-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24075: tls/https support in Guile (through r6rs binary ports?)
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 12:14:52 -0600

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> I think ‘ensure-gnutls’ would be exactly as in this patch, and the
> autoload hack would be exactly as shown above.

Got it!  Done...

> @xref generates a “See” for the beginning of a sentence, so it should
> be:
>
>   … support.  @xref{…}, for more information.

... and done!

> Also, “HTTPS” and “GnuTLS”.  :-)

Ooops, misssed that bit in the first commit which I had pushed, so I
made two commits. :)

> The rest is all good for me, so the only remaining bits are the autoload
> thing and maybe the bug you observed?

Yep!  It's now done... as of 8f1db9f we now have HTTPS support
out-of-the-box in Guile!  Party time!

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