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- Subject: Re: # comments (proposal)
- From: Björn De Meyer <bjorn.demeyer@...>
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:55:06 +0100
Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
>
/snip
> The problem is that files with precompiled code must be open in *binary* mode.
> We look at the first byte to check this and reopen the file in binary mode
> if it seems to contain precompiled code. To handle the #! thing we'd have to
> read the first line.
>
I though that on most POSIX systems, where #! is relevant, text mode
and binary mode are identical. Maybe this is a non-problem after all?
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Björn De Meyer
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