Re: Guile 2.0.0 cannot open /dev/urandom

[Andy Wingo]

Hi Martin,

On Sun 27 Feb 2011 23:47, Andy Wingo <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu 17 Feb 2011 23:58, Martin Ward <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> scheme@(guile-user)> (open-input-file "/dev/urandom")
>> ERROR: In procedure open-file:
>> ERROR: In procedure fport_end_input: Invalid argument
>
> It seems that Guile is scanning the first few lines of the file for a
> "coding" declaration.  This is because it is being opened in textual
> mode; if you open with (open-file "/dev/urandom" "rb") you will probably
> get what you want.

I have fixed the (open-input-file "/dev/urandom") case, by having the
coding: scan use the read buffer if possible, to avoid a seek.  That
should catch all cases of interest.

Regards,

Andy
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