Re: PIO_read, PIO_reads

2004-05-29 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 11:38:55AM +0200, Leopold Toetsch wrote: >> The returned string gets malloc(3)ed. >> PObj_external_FLAG|PObj_sysmem_FLAG is set, so that the memory gets >> freed during DOD. > I can't find your earlier proposals (which suggests t

Re: PIO_read, PIO_reads

2004-05-29 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 11:38:55AM +0200, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > I didn't get much comments for my proposal WRT IO changes. So I'll > sumarize my next planned steps: I'm as guilty as everyone else here > * use Parrot_stat_info_intval(..., STAT_FILESIZE) in > embed.c:Parrot_readbc() to obtain

PIO_read, PIO_reads

2004-05-28 Thread Leopold Toetsch
I didn't get much comments for my proposal WRT IO changes. So I'll sumarize my next planned steps: * use Parrot_stat_info_intval(..., STAT_FILESIZE) in embed.c:Parrot_readbc() to obtain the PBC file size [1] * convert all IO Read layer functions to return a STRING* [2] * toss PIO_read() interfac