I'll introduce a new internal function set named
_libssh2_store_u32
_libssh2_store_u64
_libssh2_store_str
That can be used all through the library to build binary outgoing
packets. Using these instead of the current approach removes
hundreds of lines from the library while at the same time greatly
enhances readability. I've not yet fully converted everything to
use these functions.
I've converted LOTS of 'unsigned long' to 'size_t' where
data/string lengths are dealt with internally. This is The Right
Thing and it will help us make the transition to our
size_t-polished API later on as well.
I'm removing the PACKET_* error codes. They were originally
introduced as a set of separate error codes from the transport
layer, but having its own set of errors turned out to be very
awkward and they were then converted into a set of #defines that
simply maps them to the global libssh2 error codes instead. Now,
I'l take the next logical step and simply replace the PACKET_*
defines with the actual LIBSSH2_ERROR_* defines. It will increase
readability and decrease confusion.
I also separated packet stuff into its own packet.h header file.
We reserve ^libssh2_ for public symbols and we use _libssh2 as
prefix for internal ones. I fixed the intendation of all these
edits with emacs afterwards, which then changed it slightly more
than just _libssh2_error() expressions but I didn't see any
obvious problems.
libssh2_error() no longer allocates a string and only accepts a const
error string. I also made a lot of functions use the construct of
return libssh2_error(...) instead of having one call to
libssh2_error() and then a separate return call. In several of those
cases I then also changed the former -1 return code to a more
detailed one - something that I think will not change behaviors
anywhere but it's worth keeping an eye open for any such.
This keeps all FILE* handling on the OpenSSL side of the DLL boundary avoiding crashes on Windows while removing the need for libssh2 to read the private key file into memory. This is now done by OpenSSL which is likely to do a better job of it.
include the public libssh2.h header as it breaks the compile on window. I'll
adapt to this now, but in the long run I think we should rather fix the
includes so that we _can_ include the public headers properly.
the recent commits converted the tabs to 4 spaces, which matched the
initial indent size. Other commits converted the tabs to 8 spaces, this
didn't match.
All the code has been converted to 4 space indents. No changes to line
lengths or actual code was performed. This is in preperation to my up
coming non-blocking work so my commits should only be code changes and
line lengths in the code I am working on.
