At 10:33 10/06/03 +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:

hSetBinaryMode :: Handle -> Bool -> IO ()

What (of any real value) is lost by fixing the IO mode at the point of obtaining the handle? I'm guessing that having an option to change the mode later may at best create additional work, and maybe even create inconsistencies in behaviours on different systems. #g ------------------- Graham Klyne <GK@NineByNine.org> PGP: 0FAA 69FF C083 000B A2E9 A131 01B9 1C7A DBCA CB5E