From: Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: variable lenght strings
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:49:03 +0200
Date: 2004-10-26T10:49:03+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <10094274.cGxrBqeOBP@linux1.krischik.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: kK39hU5gIG8G@eisner.encompasserve.org
Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> In article <PaSdnX0j54BWCeDcRVn-jA@megapath.net>, "Randy Brukardt"
> <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:
>
>> I vaguely recall having argued this with Robert Dewar, and I think that
>> they had a different interpretation, based on the idea that a file with a
>> missing CR/LF is incorrect for use with Text_IO. I hope I misremember
>> that, because it is stupid (even if it is logically correct) as it
>> essentially says that you can't read outside generated text files with
>> Text_IO (you can't know whether the file has CR/LFs as required).
>
> To say that Text_IO cannot read files generated by other languages
> seems illogical to me (from the vantage point on an operating system
> where the lingua franca is record-based files.)
Not just other languages. The real problem is user edited file. Users often
delete the final CR/LF. It would be a shame of Text_IO could not read a
file from an editor.
With Regards
Martin
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Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-21 17:52 variable lenght strings fabio de francesco
2004-10-21 21:22 ` Martin Dowie
2004-10-21 22:42 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-10-21 23:14 ` Matthew Heaney
2004-10-22 7:38 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-22 12:30 ` fabio de francesco
2004-10-22 7:29 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-22 13:01 ` Matthew Heaney
2004-10-24 15:46 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-24 19:54 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-24 21:30 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-25 4:02 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-21 23:01 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-10-21 23:05 ` Stephen Leake
2004-10-22 7:25 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-22 11:11 ` Martin Dowie
2004-10-24 15:43 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-24 17:39 ` Martin Dowie
2004-10-24 18:37 ` Björn Persson
2004-10-25 7:30 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-26 0:06 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-10-26 1:53 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-26 8:49 ` Martin Krischik [this message]
2004-10-26 11:18 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-10-26 12:48 ` variable length strings Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-26 16:11 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-26 18:50 ` Björn Persson
2004-10-26 19:46 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-26 8:43 ` variable lenght strings Jean-Pierre Rosen
2004-10-26 13:15 ` Martin Krischik
2004-10-26 17:37 ` Pascal Obry
2004-10-26 18:07 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-10-26 20:10 ` Pascal Obry
2004-10-27 10:26 ` variable length strings Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-10-27 10:39 ` Pascal Obry
2004-10-27 11:47 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-28 7:18 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-10-27 11:50 ` Larry Kilgallen
[not found] ` <uwtxcla1n.fsf@obry.Organization: LJK Software <PTzuwe3GsIg6@eisner.encompasserve.org>
2004-10-27 12:12 ` Samuel Tardieu
2004-10-27 12:58 ` Pascal Obry
2004-10-27 13:04 ` Pascal Obry
2004-10-27 14:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-10-27 16:38 ` Pascal Obry
2004-10-28 8:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-10-28 8:49 ` Pascal Obry
2004-10-28 9:06 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-10-28 16:07 ` Pascal Obry
2004-10-28 22:05 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-28 22:41 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-10-29 1:11 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-29 7:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-10-28 10:31 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-26 18:13 ` variable lenght strings Martin Krischik
2004-10-27 12:01 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2004-10-26 17:46 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-28 22:50 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-10-28 23:01 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-29 21:52 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-10-29 8:48 ` Dale Stanbrough
2004-10-29 9:11 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-24 18:38 ` Why these "Drop" parameters? (was: variable lenght strings) Björn Persson
2004-10-26 0:13 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-11-01 1:02 ` Why these "Drop" parameters? Björn Persson
2004-11-01 19:59 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-10-24 18:57 ` variable lenght strings Jeffrey Carter
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