Author: allison Date: Mon Mar 6 15:28:07 2006 New Revision: 11807 Modified: trunk/ (props changed) trunk/docs/pdds/clip/pddXX_io.pod
Log: Some changes to the I/O PDD from comments by Leo & Nick. Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/clip/pddXX_io.pod ============================================================================== --- trunk/docs/pdds/clip/pddXX_io.pod (original) +++ trunk/docs/pdds/clip/pddXX_io.pod Mon Mar 6 15:28:07 2006 @@ -87,11 +87,6 @@ =item * -C<write> also writes to standard output and cannot select another -stream. It only accepts a PMC value to write. [Is this redundant?] - -=item * - C<printerr> writes an integer, float, string, or PMC value to standard error. @@ -130,14 +125,19 @@ C<seek> sets the current file position of a stream object to an integer byte offset from an integer starting position (0 for the start of the -file, 1 for the current position, and 2 for the end of the file). +file, 1 for the current position, and 2 for the end of the file). It +also has a 64-bit variant that sets the byte offset by two integer +arguments (one for the first 32 bits of the 64-bit offset, and one for +the second 32 bits). [The two-register emulation for 64-bit integers may +be deprecated in the future.] =item * C<tell> retrieves the current file position of a stream object. It also has a 64-bit variant that returns the byte offset as two integers (one for the first 32 bits of the 64-bit offset, and one for the second 32 -bits). +bits). [The two-register emulation for 64-bit integers may be deprecated +in the future.] =item * @@ -187,6 +187,18 @@ =back +=head3 Deprecated opcodes + +=over + +=item * + +C<write> prints to standard output but it cannot select another stream. +It only accepts a PMC value to write. This is redundant with the +C<print> opcode, so it will be deprecated. + +=back + =head2 File opcodes =over 4
