Plan doc for gh #378, the cheapest new backend we can add: it's
stdlib-only (CPython ships `AF_TIPC` + 23 `TIPC_*` consts) and
per the contract doc `trio`'s stream/listener wrappers don't care
about the addr family, so `MsgpackTransport` framing and
`trio.serve_listeners()` are reused verbatim.
Deats,
- `TIPCAddress` as a *service name* `(type, instance)` w/ scope
as the `.bindspace`; `bind()` publishes the singleton
name-range, peers `connect()` by name and the kernel resolves
+ load-balances. I.e. registration/lookup for free, no
registrar in the loop.
- the self-tagging `('tipc:<stype>:<scope>', instance)` unwrapped
form + why it must be match-ordered before `TCPAddress`'s.
- `get_random()` via a blake2b digest of the actor id (there's no
`port=0` analogue) and the silent-crosstalk risk that follows:
TIPC *allows* dup binders and round-robins, so a collision
doesn't `EADDRINUSE`, it cross-talks.
- an `Address.rebind_from_sockname` ClassVar to opt out of
`Endpoint.start_listener()`'s `getsockname()` reconcile, which
for TIPC always returns a port-id, never the bound name.
- the `TIPC_TOP_SRV` topology-service subscription as an `@acm`
yielding a chan of typed name-table events — push-based
register/dereg, the real "end game cluster proto" bit.
- commit sequencing, hard capability gating (`modprobe tipc`;
bare `AF_TIPC` is `EAFNOSUPPORT` on a stock box), CI matrix
notes, risks + follow-up seeds.
(this patch was generated in some part by `claude-code` using `claude-opus-5` (`anthropic`))
Gud Boi
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