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Feature request: abstract socket namespace support

Hi. I am writing my own compositor running on Android on top of Termux. There is a need to create socket in anonymous namespace and not to use XDG_RUNTIME_DIR because apps have different $HOME directories. Is it possible? What is needed:

  1. [wayland-server.c]

WL_EXPORT int wl_display_add_socket(struct wl_display *display, const char *name) which will create abstract socket if the const char *name starts with @ symbol.

  1. [wayland-client.c]

WL_EXPORT struct wl_display * wl_display_connect(const char *name) which will connect to abstract socket instead of non-abstract socket if const char *name starts with @ symbol.

Thank you.

Edited by Twaik Yont
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