Re: %default-port-conversion-strategy and string ports

2012-05-31 Thread Mark H Weaver
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > David Kastrup skribis: > >> Shouldn't strings be in "internal encoding" anyway? The whole point of >> a string is to be an array of characters. Not an array of arbitrarily >> encoded bytes. > > Yes, but I was referring to “string ports”, which may actuall

Re: %default-port-conversion-strategy and string ports

2012-05-31 Thread David Kastrup
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Hi, > > David Kastrup skribis: > >> Shouldn't strings be in "internal encoding" anyway? The whole point of >> a string is to be an array of characters. Not an array of arbitrarily >> encoded bytes. > > Yes, but I was referring to “string ports”, which ma

Re: %default-port-conversion-strategy and string ports

2012-05-31 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, David Kastrup skribis: > Shouldn't strings be in "internal encoding" anyway? The whole point of > a string is to be an array of characters. Not an array of arbitrarily > encoded bytes. Yes, but I was referring to “string ports”, which may actually be fed arbitrary binary data, not just ch