TextIO.scanStream is wrong
Stephen Weeks
MLton@sourcelight.com
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:43:30 -0700 (PDT)
> Ok, I have been thinking about this for a bit, and I finally realized that
> something is REALLY wrong with MLton TextIO. For a concrete example,
> consider the following code:
...
> Don't get me wrong: I think that the TextIO.scanStream interface is slightly
> goofy (i.e., I can't off hand think of a reasonable way to make it work
> fast), but what we have is clearly wrong.
I agree that what was there was wrong. I have fixed the basis library and it
now works on this example. If you need the fix now, lemme know and I'll make up
an RPM. Else, it'll be there with the next snapshot.