bugMIT/GNU Scheme - Bugs: bug #62623, Unable to write bytes in REPL

 
 

bug #62623: Unable to write bytes in REPL

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Submitted:  Tue 14 Jun 2022 03:59:54 AM UTC
   
 
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Mon 05 Sep 2022 08:38:20 AM UTC, comment #1: 

It's not possible for a port to be both textual and binary using the current design.

The simplest solution for your case would be to do

(write-char (integer->char <byte>))

However, the default coding for the console port (and most other textual ports) is utf-8, so you should first do

(port/set-coding (current-output-port) 'us-ascii)

so that characters are correctly converted back to bytes.

 Chris Hanson <cph>
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Tue 14 Jun 2022 03:59:54 AM UTC, original submission:  

Evaluating (write-u8 65) at the REPL will produce this error:

;The object #[textual-i/o-port 12 for console], passed as an argument to #[compiled-procedure 13 ("binary-port" #x3) #x1c #x23a9984], is not the correct type.

This is because the REPL's output port is not a binary port:

(binary-port? (current-output-port))   ; returns #f
(textual-port? (current-output-port))  ; returns #t

Would it be possible to make the REPL's output port both a textual port and a binary port, so that bytes can be written at the REPL?

 Anonymous

 

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