[plt-scheme] reading a whole file

[Eli Barzilay]

On Nov 10, Ben Goetter wrote:
> Thomas Chust wrote:
> > what about adding support for memory mapping to PLT Scheme? This would
> > allow you to turn a whole file into a mutable or immutable byte string
> >   
> Only helpful for byte files, or for those rare text files whose encoding 
> matches that of PLT Scheme's UCS-4 strings.  I agree, would certainly 
> address the performance issues mentioned.

Another problem is that the memory must be out of the GC's hand, which
adds another layer of complication.  Also, I don't see how this kind
of a `mutable' byte string is useful -- it's only in rare cases that
you need to edit things in-place.

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