I don't understand how this is better than the current system. It
doesn't help us in all cases because not all streams come from a path.
For example, how should byte array streams taken an encoding? Also, I
don't see how this would make things better given the distribution of
various encodings in the Factor code base.

Dan

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Eduardo Cavazos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  Slava and I discussed the unicode api.
>
>  His main objection is selecting the encoding via a variable.
>
>  He proposed that in the event where an encoding is not specified, that it be
>  utf8. The encoding can be specified as a slot value in a path object. It can
>  also be set as a slot value in a stream object.
>
>  With this sytem, the stream words would never have an 'encoding' stack
>  parameter.
>
>  I could live with this api.
>
>  I haven't evaluated how it would feel in all corner cases, but it would be an
>  improvement over the current api.
>
>  Slava was very clear about a certain point. Having utf8 be the encoding when
>  none is specified would be set in stone. Changing this "default" wouldn't be
>  explicitly supported (sure, someone could hack it). I'm fine with this
>  stance.
>
>  Ed
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