data access functions
Ian E. Stockdale (ies@nas.nasa.gov)
Tue, 11 Mar 1997 11:20:13 -0800 (PST)
In view of the changes to the I/O chapter over the last
several meetings, it seems like it might be useful to look at the
evolved text to see how the newer changes interact with the details
which were already present. There may be some constraints which were
determined based on requirements which no longer exist. Similarly,
some choices may have been made to preserve functionality which has
since vanished. Small modifications to improve the standard without
making any fundamental changes might thus be possible.
As an example, I'd suggest that that the data access routines
be required to manipulate data in multiples of whole filetypes. This
would make these routines easier to implement. This would also
simplify the user interface, and does not appear to remove any useful
functionality.
Any thoughts?
-Ian
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