Hello,
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote:
> There are several issues IMO. First, some are subrs, so handling
> keyword arguments is going to be painful. Second, keyword arguments are
> inelegant IMO compared to:
>
> (set-port-encoding! port (file-encoding port))
>
I don't have much experience in this area, but what about making a Scheme
binding for scm_i_scan_for_encoding, and then doing something like
(define (open-file filename mode #:encoding enc)
(let ((port (open-file filename mode)))
(set-port-encoding! port
(if (eq? enc 'guess-encoding)
(scan-for-encoding port)
enc))))
Of course, that doesn't address your second point.
Best,
Noah
