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diff --git a/docs/INTERNALS.md b/docs/INTERNALS.md index 01d56d3d4..f2b727b58 100644 --- a/docs/INTERNALS.md +++ b/docs/INTERNALS.md @@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ curl internals - [Track Down Memory Leaks](#memoryleak) - [`multi_socket`](#multi_socket) - [Structs in libcurl](#structs) + - [Curl_easy](#Curl_easy) + - [connectdata](#connectdata) + - [Curl_multi](#Curl_multi) + - [Curl_handler](#Curl_handler) + - [conncache](#conncache) + - [Curl_share](#Curl_share) + - [CookieInfo](#CookieInfo) <a name="intro"></a> Intro @@ -840,6 +847,7 @@ Structs in libcurl This section should cover 7.32.0 pretty accurately, but will make sense even for older and later versions as things don't change drastically that often. +<a name="Curl_easy"></a> ## Curl_easy The `Curl_easy` struct is the one returned to the outside in the external API @@ -874,6 +882,7 @@ for older and later versions as things don't change drastically that often. an individual stream, sharing the same connectdata struct. Multiplexing makes it even more important to keep things associated with the right thing! +<a name="connectdata"></a> ## connectdata A general idea in libcurl is to keep connections around in a connection @@ -908,6 +917,7 @@ for older and later versions as things don't change drastically that often. The libcurl source code generally use the name 'conn' for the variable that points to the connectdata. +<a name="Curl_multi"></a> ## Curl_multi Internally, the easy interface is implemented as a wrapper around multi @@ -945,6 +955,7 @@ for older and later versions as things don't change drastically that often. The libcurl source code generally use the name 'multi' for the variable that points to the `Curl_multi` struct. +<a name="Curl_handler"></a> ## Curl_handler Each unique protocol that is supported by libcurl needs to provide at least @@ -1033,12 +1044,14 @@ for older and later versions as things don't change drastically that often. - `PROTOPT_NOURLQUERY` - this protocol can't handle a query part on the URL (?foo=bar) +<a name="conncache"></a> ## conncache Is a hash table with connections for later re-use. Each `Curl_easy` has a pointer to its connection cache. Each multi handle sets up a connection cache that all added `Curl_easy`s share by default. +<a name="Curl_share"></a> ## Curl_share The libcurl share API allocates a `Curl_share` struct, exposed to the @@ -1055,6 +1068,7 @@ for older and later versions as things don't change drastically that often. The `Curl_share` struct can currently hold cookies, DNS cache and the SSL session cache. +<a name="CookieInfo"></a> ## CookieInfo This is the main cookie struct. It holds all known cookies and related |