$) scripsit: > The weird thing is that Scheme IO treats #\x1a (character with code 27) as > #!eof when reading from file.
This is a behavior hardwired into the Windows C library for compatibility (I kid you not) with the CP/M operating system for 8-bit micros, which did not record the exact length of a file in the file system and had to use Ctrl-Z as a conventional EOF mark. This behavior was in turn inherited from the ancient DEC operating systems OS/8 and RT-11. Turning on binary mode for the file will suppress this behavior. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ccil.org/~cowan Original line from The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold: "Only on Barrayar would pulling a loaded needler start a stampede toward one." English-to-Russian-to-English mangling thereof: "Only on Barrayar you risk to lose support instead of finding it when you threat with the charged weapon." _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
