Re: [Gm2] Wish to use IOChan.RawRead() on StdChans.StdInChan()

[Gaius Mulley]

SiTex Graphics <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Gaius,
>
> I'd like to be able to use IOChan.RawRead() on the standard input
> channel.  Stonybrook and XDS both allow this, and that flexibility
> makes it easy to process input the same whether it comes from a file
> or over a pipe.  Test file attached.  Compile with
>
> gm2 -o teststdin -fiso -fmakeall teststdin.mod
>
> It looks like the raw flag just needs to be added to the following
> line in StdChans.mod:
>
> stdin := MapFile(FIO.StdIn, read+text);
>
> I tried to compile StdChans.mod with that modification, but I ran into
> a bunch of parameter mismatch errors.  I guess I'm missing some
> required switch for compiling that module.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott

Hi Scott,

thanks for the test code and suggestion/bug report.  Yes sure this is
very sensible and will be applied to the cvs,

regards,
Gaius