[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Have put-datum append atmosphere

[Alan Watson]

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Submitter: Alan Watson
Email address: alan at alan-watson.org
Issue type: Enhancement
Priority: Minor
Component: Library Chapter 8
Version: 5.93
Summary: Have put-datum append atmosphere

An important use of put-datum (or write) is to store data in a form that 
can subsequently by recovered by get-datum (or read).

Currently, after certain data, one has to call something like (newline) 
after put-datum in order to be sure of correctly separating the data.

I would suggest that put-datum behave in such a way that the data 
written by two consecutive calls to put-datum can always be read by two 
consecutive calls to get-datum. This will require atmosphere to be 
appended in some cases.