This was previously implemented by adding additional members to the
mp_obj_type_t defined for each NIC, which is difficult to do cleanly with
the new object type slots mechanism. The way this works is also not
supported on GCC 8.x and below.
Instead replace it with the type protocol, which is a much simpler way of
achieving the same thing.
This affects the WizNet (in non-LWIP mode) and Nina NIC drivers.
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Signed-off-by: Jim Mussared <jim.mussared@gmail.com>
This will always have the maximum/minimum size of a mp_obj_type_t
representation and can be used as a member in other structs.
Signed-off-by: Jim Mussared <jim.mussared@gmail.com>
To simplify the socket state.
The CC3K driver (see drivers/cc3000/inc/socket.h and src/socket.c) has
socket() returning an INT16 so there is now enough room to store it
directly in the fileno member.
Jim Mussared