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call-with-input-file and call-with-output-file should use textual ports

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Göran Weinholt <goran <at> weinholt.se>
Cc: 32329-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32329: call-with-input-file and call-with-output-file should
 use textual ports
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:44:58 -0400

Hi Göran,

Göran Weinholt <goran <at> weinholt.se> writes:

> the call-with-input-file and call-with-output-file procedures in (rnrs
> io simple) should open textual ports. In Guile 2.2.4, they open binary
> ports:
>
>   (define (call-with-input-file filename proc)
>     (call-with-port (open-file-input-port filename) proc))
>
>   (define (call-with-output-file filename proc)
>     (call-with-port (open-file-output-port filename) proc))
>
> Changing the inner calls to open-input-file and open-output-file is
> sufficient to fix this bug.
>
> A consequence of using binary ports here is that the I/O is not
> transcoded, so UTF-8 data is corrupted.

Fixed in commit 4c91de3e45e7c98d5b7c484509fe5c59bd70f9fd on the
'stable-2.2' branch.  Thanks!

       Mark

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