[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] allow port position to be "magic cookie"

From: Jon Wilson <j85wilson>
Date: Thu Mar 15 23:00:02 2007

Hi Per,

Per Bothner wrote:
> Jon Wilson wrote:
>> Does having a straightforward wrapping further any of the guiding
>> principles listed in the introduction of the report? Furthermore,
>> does having a straightforward wrapping further those guiding
>> principles better than or more than a design decision which does not
>> result in a straightforward wrapping of fgetpos/fsetpos?
>
> If you want to provide the functionality of being able to seek,
> and if you accept there are some systems that require the fpos_t
> magic cookies (as used by fgetpos/fsetpos), and if you want a
> portable implementations, then using fgetpos/fsetpos gets you
> the required functionality in a portable manner.
>
> I don't know if that answers your question.

Fair enough. I think I was primarily just being pedantic, and wanting
to make sure that straightforward wrapping of fgetpos/fsetpos really
connected back to the guiding principles. This seems to be a decent
enough answer. Thanks!

Regards,
Jon
Received on Thu Mar 15 2007 - 22:59:49 UTC