Inherit from Stream

[TooTallNate]

Here's a few commit's that make the 'SerialPort' class inherit from stream.Stream, rather than EventEmitter. This gives us the .pipe() function. I've also included a commit that does better handling of the 'options' argument when creating a 'SerialPort' instance.

This lib is fun though! Can't wait to try it with some real hardware!

[voodootikigod]

I like the stream change, but not the options change. I do want to know what/if any (beyond to be more inline with other node concepts) moving to pipe gets us. Ping me at voodootikigod any IM/IRC we can chat.

[TooTallNate]

You like the options change, I think you just don't know it yet :P

And ya, the Stream change is just to be more in line with the Node APIs. More specifically, I would like to implement the serial side of the Modbus protocol in my node-modbus-stack module:
https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-modbus-stack

But that requires the underlying stream to be a real instance of Stream, otherwise the StreamStack constructor will throw an error, so this patch will allow me to use the serialport "stream" instance with StreamStack:
https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-stream-stack

I'll be on #Node.js today if you want to chat more about it!

[voodootikigod]

I dig the revision, hybrid of the two. I am not a fan of using proto but can forgo my purist sensibles in favor of the cleanliness (and compactness) of it.