[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Leave readers and writers out of the report.

From: Arthur A. Gleckler <arthur>
Date: Thu Nov 16 11:36:25 2006

On Nov 16, 2006, at 4:27 AM, Michael Sperber wrote:

>> I agree. Readers and writers should be subsumed by ports. Also,
>> have
>> they been tested well in real-world implementations?
>
> I know neither what "real-world" means nor what "tested well" means,
> but the design has been tested in a real implementation. Moreover,
> Primitive I/O is essentially a subset of the Primitive I/O facility in
> the official Standard ML basis library, where the design has been in
> use for a long time.

Thanks for answering.

By "real-world," I meant used in a program of substantial size and
complexity.

By "tested well," I meant used successfully in a program that has
evolved over time, not just in a one-off example.
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