Using a interface struct packet API

[Therzok]

You can avoid boxing of structs if you write packets using constrained generics:

Something like the following definitions:

interface IPacket
{
     void WriteTo(Stream s);
}

void Send<T>(T packet) where T:IPacket, struct
{
    packet.WriteTo(receiver);
}

This would completely avoid allocations or boxing of the struct if the constraints are kept wherever it's passed.

With unmanaged constraint you could write the whole struct in one go to the stream, but I'm not sure it's available.

It's possibly pretty important considering the impact of allocations might have on syncing.

[Mushroom]

Pull requests are welcome if you want to implement this :)

[Therzok]

I'll take a look this week. It might be easier than I initially thought. Are there any outstanding PRs or work that I should know of so I don't conflict?

[Mushroom]

@Therzok Yes, #45

[Therzok]

Looks like it's already been done in main