At Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:26:54 -0400, "Geoffrey S. Knauth" wrote: > On Oct 30, 2009, at 17:17, Matthew Flatt wrote: > > > And I'd still be especially happy if someone writes libraries for > > reading GIFs or reading and writing BMPs, XBMs, or XPMs. > > I'd love to help with this.
I've heard from one other person, so be sure to claim a particular file format here if you settle on a specific one to try. > Questions: > > - Are the desired interfaces for the future implementation already > specified? No. ARGB/bitmap byte strings for the image content should work well, I think. > - What are the current performance benchmarks or desired performance > goals? I don't think we have benchmarks, though you could try loading a large file in the current MrEd. I doubt that performance will be an issue. > - When you say libraries, I think `module'. Am I right? Yes. > - Have there been past endian gotcha lessons worth remembering? Nothing specific comes to mind. > - Guessing--you don't want to write GIFs because of patent issues? No, we already have a GIF writer implemented in Scheme. _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev