Re: [Chicken-users] some progress on zlib

[Felix]

Peter Keller wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 09:04:12AM +0200, Felix wrote:
>
> > Hey, that's nice. I did some minor Zlib stuff with
> > Chicken, but having a port-like interface is even better.
> > You should try out `make-input-port'/`make-output-port'
> > (unit `extras', I think)
>
>
> So, out of curiosity, why is it that I should do this? I don't understand
> why ports are still really in use because they don't even provide the 
> basic seeking/read-write semantics of C stdio.

Ports provide a simple interface for *normal*, no-frills
use and integrate well with the rest of Scheme.

> > > I figure in a week or so(or in a single night, depending on time and
> > > motivation), I'll have enough of the API to do very, very basic file i/o
> > > where you can read or write compressed files. When I get to that point,
> > > I'll package it up nice and release it since it can be useful right away
> > > to someone.
> >
> > Wonderful! How about a proper extensions (i.e. "egg") ?
>
>
> Do you have a document explaining how to create these eggs? Maybe I'll convert
> my gmp FFI to an egg as well.

There is an example in the manual. If you have any further questions,
please ask.


cheers,
felix