Re: Creating a system file as an array of bytes?

[Ben Pfaff]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 05:23:05PM +0200, John Darrington wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 07:53:07AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>      On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 07:35:38AM +0200, John Darrington wrote:
>      > Do we have an api which can create a system file as an array of 
> uint8_t ?
>      > So far as I can tell it's only possible to use a file_handle, which has
>      > to be associated with a filename.o
>      
>      It's not currently supported, but if it would be useful then I could
>      work on that.  Do you have a use case?
> 
> 
> There are a number of items in the bug tracker which all relate to 
> deficiencies
> in the cut-and-paste of variables and data between and/or within sheets.
> 
> My idea was to use the sav format on the clipboard as a transport format.
> I haven't fully thought out the details so perhaps there is a better way.

OK.  I don't think it's going to be a huge amount of work, so I'll try
to get to it soon.

I assume that you will also need the corresponding API to read a system
file from an array of bytes?