[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Buffer mode should be specifiable on open-file-input-port

[Michael Sperber]

John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org> writes:

> Currently, buffer modes are for output only.  However, operating systems
> also distinguish between buffered and unbuffered input.  The
> open-file-input-port procedure should be allowed to accept an additional
> argument specifying the buffer mode, in parallel with open-file-output-port.
> Allowing input to be unbuffered can limit deadlocks when dealing with
> communicating processes.

Is this possible in general?  Specifically, transcoding on input
requires some buffering, at least for multi-byte encodings.  Or do you
intend this to work only for binary ports?

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Cheers =8-} Mike
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