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Re: [Chicken-users] map-file-to-memory and random access


From: felix winkelmann
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] map-file-to-memory and random access
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:47:20 +0200

On 4/16/07, Mark Voortman <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I'm using map-file-to-memory to map a file in memory and then use
>> move-memory! to read/write the contents. However, I was wondering if it
>> is possible to random access the memory mapped file? For example,
>> read/write only the bytes at position 5 to 10. If I use move-memory! it
>> always starts reading/writing from byte 0.
>
> Right now, the only solution that comes to mind is to use
> "memory-mapped-file-pointer" and do really dirty pointer arithmetic (see
> "pointer->address" and "address->pointer").
>
> Hm... "move-memory!" should probably get an additional argument giving
> an offset.
> What do you think?

I think that's a good idea, but note that you'll need two additional
arguments. One offset for the source and one for the destination.

I have implemented this and pushed it to the darcs repo.


cheers,
felix




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