I like. Thanks! Blake
On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 6:22 AM, Juergen Sauermann < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > due to the problems with building DLLs under Windows, I have converted the > native function *FILE_IO *of *GNU APL* into a new system function *⎕FIO*. > > *⎕FIO* is used exactly like *FILE_IO*, except that it cannot (and does > not have to) be* ⎕SVO*'ed > beforehand. > > The old *FILE_IO* native function is still present (and will be for a > while) for backward compatibility. > The *FILE_IO* code has been moved to *⎕FIO *code, and *FILE_IO* is now > merely a wrapper to the *⎕FIO* code. > As a consequence, files opened with *⎕FIO* are visible by *FILE_IO* and > vice versa. A subtle difference between > *⎕FIO* and *FILE_IO* is that *)CLEAR* and friends close all files opened > by *⎕FIO *or *FILE_IO*. > > The *wslib5/FILE_IO.apl *workspace has been updated to use *⎕FIO*. If you > use to *)C**O**PY* that workspace > instead of using *FILE_IO* directly, then everything remains as is. > > /// Jürgen >
