Re: #1698: Use 0666 as the default file mode in "file-open" from the chicken.file.posix module

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#1698: Use 0666 as the default file mode in "file-open" from the
chicken.file.posix module
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            Reporter:  evhan           |      Owner:  (none)
                Type:  change request  |     Status:  new
            Priority:  minor           |  Milestone:  someday
           Component:  core libraries  |    Version:  5.2.0
          Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
Estimated difficulty:  trivial         |
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Description changed by evhan:

Old description:

> Currently, using `file-open` without the optional mode argument which
> otherwise defaults to 0744 in posixunix.scm.  This is inconsistent with
> the behavior of other procedures such as `open-output-file` (0644). We
> should rather use 0666 as the default mode to align with the procedures
> that create files with fopen(3).
>
> From: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-
> hackers/2020-05/msg00021.html

New description:

 Currently, using `file-open` without the optional mode argument uses a
 default mode of 0744. We should rather use 0666 as the default mode to
 align with the procedures that create files with fopen(3).

 From: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-
 hackers/2020-05/msg00021.html

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