On Thu 31 Jan 2013 19:58, Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> writes: >> My instinct is that we should not merge this patch without including a >> way to enable the coding sniff; which seems to mean adding keywords or >> somehow extending the arguments of: >> >> open-file >> with-input-from-file >> with-output-to-file >> call-with-output-file >> call-with-input-file >> open-input-file > > I'd be glad to do this. I've long wanted these to accept keyword > arguments for encoding and binary mode. We could also have a keyword to > ask Guile to guess the encoding. This could be used to simplify the > code used in 'compile-file' etc. > > We could also add a fluid to specify whether 'open-file' should try to > guess the encoding, if that helps. > > What do you think?
Sounds great to me :) I would add the parameter only if you think it makes sense as an interface going forward -- i.e. I wouldn't add it if it's only useful for the rest of the life of the 2.0.x series. Cheers, Andy -- http://wingolog.org/
