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From: Simon Wright <simon.j.wright@amsjv.com>
Date: 19 Oct 2001 12:52:41 +0100
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"Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> writes:

> Well, if there is some way to get 'Input and 'Output to work on the
> structures, I'd consider that to be A Good Thing. That pretty much
> solves the problem because you can use all the Stream stuff to get
> things into a file or a pipeline if needed. If we're proposing
> requirements for a standard component library, I'd offer support of
> 'Input & 'Output as one of them.

Good point. That's the Right Way to do it.

It turns out that the Bounded forms will do this already.

Has anyone got code to manage 'Input, 'Output involving access types?

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