Re: [Chicken-users] z3: gzip compatibility

[felix winkelmann]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Daishi Kato <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> #;1> (use z3)
> ; loading /usr/local/chicken-3.2.0/lib/chicken/3/z3.so ...
> #;2> (z3:decode-buffer (read-file "foo.gz"))
> Error: (string-length) bad argument type: (|?????4IK????????e2~|)
>
>        Call history:
>
>        <syntax>                (z3:decode-buffer (read-file "foo.gz"))
>        <syntax>                (read-file "foo.gz")
>        <eval>          (z3:decode-buffer (read-file "foo.gz"))
>        <eval>          (read-file "foo.gz")    <--
> #;2>
>

Try "read-all", instead of "read-file". "read-file" will return a list
of s-expr's,
"read-all" returns the contents of the file as a string.


cheers,
felix