- Add four-argument version of json-rpc call function

- fix bug in json parser that prevented correct parsing of
  a true/false/null at the end of input
- prevent infinite recursion in a json helper function

include/fc/io/json.hpp

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace fc
          template<typename T>
          static void save_to_file( const T& v, const string& p, bool pretty = true ) 
          {
-            save_to_file( variant(v), p, pretty );
+            save_to_file( variant(v), fc::path(p), pretty );
          } 
    };
 

include/fc/rpc/json_connection.hpp

@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ namespace fc { namespace rpc  {
                                      const variant& a2, 
                                      const variant& a3 );
 
+         future<variant> async_call( const fc::string& method, 
+                                     const variant& a1, 
+                                     const variant& a2, 
+                                     const variant& a3, 
+                                     const variant& a4 );
+
          template<typename Result>
          Result call( const fc::string& method, 
                                const variant& a1, 
@@ -86,6 +92,17 @@ namespace fc { namespace rpc  {
             return async_call( method, a1, a2, a3 ).wait(timeout).as<Result>();
          }
 
+         template<typename Result>
+         Result call( const fc::string& method, 
+                               const variant& a1, 
+                               const variant& a2, 
+                               const variant& a3,
+                               const variant& a4,
+                               microseconds timeout = microseconds::maximum())
+         {
+            return async_call( method, a1, a2, a3, a4).wait(timeout).as<Result>();
+         }
+
          template<typename Result>
          Result call( const fc::string& method, 
                                const variant& a1, 

src/io/json.cpp

@@ -264,37 +264,58 @@ namespace fc
    variant token_from_stream( T& in )
    {
       fc::stringstream ss;
-      while( char c = in.peek() )
+      bool parsed_unexpected_character = false;
+      bool received_eof = false;
+      try
       {
-         switch( c )
-         {
-            case 'n':
-            case 'u':
-            case 'l':
-            case 't':
-            case 'r':
-            case 'e':
-            case 'f':
-            case 'a':
-            case 's':
-               ss.put( in.get() );
-               break;
-            default:
-            {
-               fc::string str = ss.str();
-               if( str == "null" )  return variant();
-               if( str == "true" )  return true;
-               if( str == "false" ) return false;
-               else 
-               {
-                  return str;
-                 // FC_THROW_EXCEPTION( parse_error_exception, "Invalid token '${token}'",
-                 //                          ("token",str) );
-               }
-            }
-         }
+        char c;
+        while( (c = in.peek())  && !parsed_unexpected_character)
+        {
+           switch( c )
+           {
+              case 'n':
+              case 'u':
+              case 'l':
+              case 't':
+              case 'r':
+              case 'e':
+              case 'f':
+              case 'a':
+              case 's':
+                 ss.put( in.get() );
+                 break;
+              default:
+                 parsed_unexpected_character = true;
+                 break;
+           }
+        }
+      }
+      catch (fc::eof_exception&)
+      {
+        received_eof = true;
+      }
+
+      // we can get here either by processing a delimiter as in "null,"
+      // an EOF like "null<EOF>", or an invalid token like "nullZ"
+      fc::string str = ss.str();
+      if( str == "null" )  return variant();
+      if( str == "true" )  return true;
+      if( str == "false" ) return false;
+      else 
+      {
+        if (received_eof)
+          FC_THROW_EXCEPTION( parse_error_exception, "Unexpected EOF" );
+        else
+        {
+          // I'm not sure why we do this, a comment would be helpful.
+          // if we've reached this point, we've either seen a partial
+          // token ("tru<EOF>") or something our simple parser couldn't
+          // make out ("falfe")
+          return str;
+          // FC_THROW_EXCEPTION( parse_error_exception, "Invalid token '${token}'",
+          //                          ("token",str) );
+        }
       }
-	  FC_THROW_EXCEPTION( parse_error_exception, "Unexpected EOF" );
    }
 
 

src/rpc/json_connection.cpp

@@ -406,7 +406,30 @@ namespace fc { namespace rpc {
       return my->_awaiting[id];
    }
 
+   future<variant> json_connection::async_call( const fc::string& method, const variant& a1, const variant& a2, const variant& a3, const variant& a4 )
+   {
+      auto id = my->_next_id++;
+      my->_awaiting[id] = fc::promise<variant>::ptr( new fc::promise<variant>() );
 
+      {
+         fc::scoped_lock<fc::mutex> lock(my->_write_mutex);
+         *my->_out << "{\"id\":";
+         *my->_out << id;
+         *my->_out << ",\"method\":";
+         json::to_stream( *my->_out, method );
+         *my->_out << ",\"params\":[";
+         fc::json::to_stream( *my->_out, a1 );
+         *my->_out << ",";
+         fc::json::to_stream( *my->_out, a2 );
+         *my->_out << ",";
+         fc::json::to_stream( *my->_out, a3 );
+         *my->_out << ",";
+         fc::json::to_stream( *my->_out, a4 );
+         *my->_out << "]}\n";
+      }
+      my->_out->flush();
+      return my->_awaiting[id];
+   }
 
    future<variant> json_connection::async_call( const fc::string& method, mutable_variant_object named_args )
    {