Re: File I/O and Image file loading

[Adrian Ratnapala <s369625@student.uq.edu.au>]

On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Christian Reiniger wrote:

> >That way under GNU all we have to do is write a bunch of #defines.  When we port,
> >we'll have to add
> >real code.  I assume everyone thinks printf style functionality is wanted.
> 
> printf is useless for the archive files (as they will be read-only), but
The "geral design" will have to support everything.  ppFPrintF on an
arcvhive will return with error.  The stub must exist.

> including it in our API nevertheless makes sense.
> (BTW: It wont be difficult to implement for non-GNU environments either
> (sprintf is your friend))
Yep.  Still, its a pain and not as good as true use-defined streams.