--- Eric Iverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will take a look at this. It is a good suggestion and something will > be done unless there are unforseen problems. > > Are there compatibility issues with old uses? > > What about 5 for stderr. > > It might be easier (and take less analysis) to simply add 6 and 7 for > binary versions of 4 and 5.
This is a great idea. As long as it is supported on all platforms. (I.e. on non-windows they will exist but do the same thing as 4 and 5.) > Joey and other console users: any comments on this? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Oleg Kobchenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Beta forum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 6:41 PM > Subject: [Jbeta] Stdout write in binary mode for windows > > > > Now there is no way to emit binary data > > using stdout. For example, this is important > > for CGI binary output, such as images; > > or if J is used as a slave process to return > > binary data through the pipe, like task. > > > > Is it possible in the upcoming release to > > change the implementation of 1!:2&4 > > so that it uses binary mode instead of text mode? > > > > If somebody needs to output CRLF in text for windows > > it easy to do in J before calling the function > > or use "echo" (1!:2&2) which could remain in text mode. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
