Re: [Chicken-hackers] Suggestion for the ports unit: port-pipe

[Felix]

From: Moritz Heidkamp <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-hackers] Suggestion for the ports unit: port-pipe
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:52:34 +0200

> Felix <address@hidden> writes:
>> I'd call it `port-copy'.
> 
> I thought of that, too, but it sounds like it would copy the port
> objects rather than stream their contents. Maybe `port-stream'? I'm not
> sure :-) What do you think about its usefulness? I might as well just
> make an egg for it if you think it's too specific to be included in the
> core distribution.

Hm. Perhaps `port-copy-contents' or `port-copy-data'?

It's trivial enough to be added to `ports', I guess. On the other hand
there already is enough stuff in the core libs. I can't say.


cheers,
felix