Question: ArchiveReader::read() blocks?

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Question: ArchiveReader::read() blocks?

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Hi, this is a question and not really an issue. I'm looking at using rc-zip with in an async-await environment. However, ArchiveReader::read() looks to be the only way to feed the reader file data and it will block during the read. Is there an alternate way to feed it data that I may have read using async read directly? Is an async version of read() necessary?

Thanks for clarifying.

Answer 1 · 2020-04-01T09:21:27.000Z

So, first off, rc-zip is in a semi-incomplete state and I don't recommend using it in anything serious at this stage. That said - it is designed as a state machine, specifically so it can adapt to different I/O model. The 'read' method you mention implement a synchronous model on top of it but you can implement an async model as well. It hasn't been done yet because async/await wasn't stable back then! tl;dr this is in the spirit of the project but the project is only half baked

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Answer 2 · 2020-04-01T17:33:13.000Z

Thanks for the response. I have a project that needs the functionality provided by rc-zip so I may fork the repo and work on adding async to it. I'll send a PR when it's ready if you'd like.

Answer 3 · 2020-04-01T17:38:02.000Z

Sure, I'd be happy to review changes! Maybe @Geal will be able to help too (he's in the rust-compress org), but I don't know what his availability is like these days. Mine is spotty, so expect delays :)