Re: darcs patch: add withFile and withBinaryFile (#966)

On 10/26/06, Ross Paterson wrote:

On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 11:16:25PM -0400, Samuel Bronson wrote:

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On 10/25/06, Ross Paterson wrote:

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Thu Oct 26 01:10:44 BST 2006 Ross Paterson * add withFile and withBinaryFile (#966)

To be discussed on the libraries list until Thursday 9th November 2006.

These functions are fairly small, but they're worth naming because they wrap up a pattern that should be encouraged.

I think this bikeshed would be nice in red. (Or: why would it take two weeks to discuss this?)

OK, I should have phrased that as "Please make any comments on the libraries list by <date>" (because that's when I'm committing the patch if I don't hear any objections). It's an experiment with the new process.

So do you have a comment?

My only comment is that this is a Good Thing(tm). Back when I did a lot of lisp I remember someone telling me, "Figure out the correct way to open a file, do something with it, catch any exceptions, clean up and pass on any exceptions. Then, once you know how, write a macro and never do it by hand again!" (Common Lisp does already have a macro just like this, but the point remains.) Thanks! Jason