readline improvements
"ccf::satchell"@hermes.dra.hmg.gb
Fri, 19 Dec 1997 11:24:20 GMT
The extra speed in read-line and friends is welcome, but there is
a weird side-effect (at least in guile-core-971215 on Ultrix), as
read-line has stopped working on pipes. A quick check showed that
%read-line is effected, but %read-delimited! is ok. Is this intended,
or should I flag it as a bug?
(define pp (open-input-pipe "cat boot-9.scm"))
(readline pp)
==> ""
Julian Satchell
<satchell@dra.hmg.gb>