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From: Luiji Maryo <luiji@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Guile Mailing List <guile-user@gnu.org>
Subject: Some I/O Questions
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:50:05 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAXjPiR2qHAeL8sTHWE+0b8agtDLwG+8g++WreyacPtR_bkcmA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hello,

I have some questions regarding Guile I/O and byte order.

1. Is there an I/O function for reading a fixed set of bytes into a
buffer, i.e. if I wanted to read a 56-byte string from a binary
archive?
2. Is there a way to specifically read a 8/16/32/64-bit string from a file/port?
3. Is there a built-in function for converting between byte orders
(i.e. BSD-style htobe32 and such) or must I implement them myself?
4. Is writing an archive manager using Guile for implementing archive
formats a bad idea to start with?

Thank you for your time,
- LM <luiji@users.sourceforge.net>

http://entertainingsoftware.com/



             reply	other threads:[~2012-02-10  3:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-10  3:50 Luiji Maryo [this message]
2012-02-10 20:05 ` Some I/O Questions Ian Price

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