On Jan 1, 4:34 pm, Phil Hagelberg <p...@hagelb.org> wrote: > Sean Devlin <francoisdev...@gmail.com> writes: > > 1. I'd recommend adding support for general unix file utilities. > > I've written some of them myself, and you can review/borrow/steal code > > from here: > > >http://github.com/francoisdevlin/devlinsf-clojure-utils/blob/master/s... > > These are all one-line wrappers around Java methods. I know Rich has > stated that the Clojure philosophy is to avoid such wrappers unless they > provide significant additional value. Perhaps this will need to change > as people start to write more cross-platform code, but I don't know if > we're to that point yet.
You missed a small detail. There is a call to the to-file function in there. This allows the file utilities to work on file objects or string paths the same way. I like this trick because it lets the fns work on a broader set of inputs > > 2. duck-streams works very well for text, but not binary formats. I > > know there was discussion about it here: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/416ca90d3... > > I believe it's the case that reader and writer don't work for binary > formats, but copy should. Copying between two files or between a file > and a byte array should work fine unless I'm missing something. This > should be better-documented though. > > > 3. There should be a brainstorming session to see what objects reader/ > > writer will dispatch over, and the multimethods improved accordingly. > > This should probably happen anyway. > > It covers everything I can think of, but if you've got suggestions let's > hear them. The java.sql.Clob & Blob interfaces might be a nice cases to add (where possible). Sean > > -Phil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
