Re: fopen

From	Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: fopen
Date	2011-07-08 23:06 +1200
Message-ID	<97o6neF6tbU5@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 07/ 8/11 10:59 PM, jacob navia wrote:
>
> In 1978 things are already well in place:
> (http://plan9.bell-labs.com/7thEdMan/index.html)
>
> NAME
> -fopen, freopen, fdopen - open a stream
>
> SYNOPSIS
> #include<stdio.h>
> FILE *fopen(filename, type)
> char *filename, *type;
>
> DESCRIPTION
> fopen opens the file named by filename and associates a stream with it.
> fopen returns a pointer to be used to identify the stream in subsequent
> operations.
> Type is a character string having one of the following values:
> "r" open for reading
> "w" create for writing
> "a" append: open for writing at end of file, or create for writing
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The interface of fopen has then at least 33 years. A whole professional
> life.

Does that mean I expire in a couple of years?

> When designing interfaces NOW, taking as an example fopen() one of the
> oldest interfaces still in use is not really a good idea.

Um, what else do you want when opening a fie?

> Considerations that then were crucial (small RAM footprint, efficiency,
> etc) aren't of such an importance now, with machines that have 3 or 4
> orders of magnitude more RAM and much more power.

A) none of those criteria apply to fopen().

B) make that 5 or 6 orders of magnitude!

-- 
Ian Collins

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fopen jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-07-08 12:59 +0200
  Re: fopen Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-08 23:06 +1200
    Re: fopen China Blue Dolls <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-08 04:40 -0700
      Re: fopen Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-08 23:46 +1200
        Re: fopen China Blue Dolls <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-08 05:15 -0700
          Re: fopen Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-07-08 14:47 +0000
            Re: fopen China Blue Dolls <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-08 08:18 -0700
            Re: fopen Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-07-08 19:37 +0000
              Re: fopen China Blue Dolls <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-08 13:02 -0700
      Re: fopen Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-07-08 14:47 +0000
        Re: fopen China Blue Dolls <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-08 08:29 -0700
          Re: fopen Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-07-08 15:55 +0000
            Re: fopen China Blue Dolls <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-08 09:19 -0700
              Re: fopen Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-07-08 17:21 +0000
              Re: fopen Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-08 13:39 -0700
                Re: fopen China Blue Dolls <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-08 17:17 -0700
                Re: fopen Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-08 17:39 -0700
                Re: fopen Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-07-09 06:04 +0000
                Re: fopen China Blue Dolls <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-09 01:39 -0700
          Re: fopen Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-09 08:23 +1200
          Re: fopen Dr Nick <3-nospam@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2011-07-09 07:47 +0100
          Re: fopen Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-07-09 06:55 -0700
            Re: fopen Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-07-10 05:26 +0100
              Re: fopen Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-07-10 02:33 -0700
    Re: fopen James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-07-08 08:18 -0400
      Re: fopen Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-09 08:18 +1200
      Re: fopen Dr Nick <3-nospam@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2011-07-09 07:52 +0100
  Re: fopen Todd Carnes <toddcarnes@gmail.com> - 2011-07-08 13:10 +0000
    Re: fopen BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-08 12:25 -0700

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