Chaim Frenkel wrote:
>
> >>>>> "NW" == Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> NW> # Replaced by 'open sys'
> NW> sysopen
> NW> sysread # sys->read instead
> NW> syswrite # sys->write instead
>
> sysread and syswrite also work on files that were opened via standard
> open. It bypasses the stdio library.
Yeah, I know. The question is how frequently this is used.
Since you can't mix read/print with sysread/syswrite, my suspicion is
that most people use sysopen and then sysread/syswrite, or open then
read/print. This is what I've always done, personally (but then again
I'm not everyone either). :-)
Since sysopen only takes a few extra args, I don't think it's too much
of a hassle to require sysopen for sysread/syswrite access. It also
makes it clear this is a special type of file access that doesn't (and
shouldn't!) obey formats, regular reads/prints, etc.
That's my input. If lots of people are against me we can change this.
-Nate
