Spec out first steps, nothing works yet

simple_message_channels/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """simple-message-channels module."""
 
+from simple_message_channels.smc import SimpleMessageChannel  # noqa
+
 try:
     import pkg_resources
 except ImportError:
@@ -7,6 +9,6 @@ except ImportError:
 
 
 try:
-    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('simple-message-channels').version
+    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('simple_message_channels').version
 except Exception:
     __version__ = 'unknown'

simple_message_channels/smc.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""Sans I/O wire protocol for Hypercore"""
+
+__all__ = ["SimpleMessageChannel"]
+
+
+class SimpleMessageChannel:
+    """A simple message channel."""
+
+    async def send(self, channel: int, type: int, message: bytes) -> bytes:
+        pass
+
+    # TODO(decentral1se): spec out the context manager API of recv