- Increasing the spread of Component Pascal

From: [at]} <Rex>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 14:58:42 -0500

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At 01:33 PM 5/23/2006, Wojtek Skulski wrote:
>If a user/developer has to write ASCII I/O, then this points
>to a missing library module, or perhaps not enough examples
>how the I/O can be done. I also remember that I had to write my own
>exercise. It is now part of Gr (a module GrAsciiDemo).
>...Apart from ASCII, there is also another question how to read/write
>an arbitrary binary file.
>...File I/O is clearly a Frequently Asked Question.

        I/O is a sore point. I don't think a lot needs to be done, but there just needs to be a clear-cut way to read and write sequential output (whether to file or console) and binary files. And it shouldn't require different code for file and console. I'm not sure if more coding or consolidation of coding is required or if it's just a matter of documentation.

        Sorry not to be contributing at this point. I had hoped to be doing so, but so far I just have questions, not answers.

Rex Couture

Rex Couture, Ph. D.
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
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Washington University in St. Louis
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