*** empty log message ***

NEWS

@@ -136,14 +136,22 @@ can be used for similar functionality.
 ** New module (ice-9 rw)
 
 This is a subset of the (scsh rw) module from guile-scsh.  Currently
-it defines a single procedure:
+it defines two single procedures:
 
 *** New function: read-string!/partial str [port_or_fdes [start [end]]]
 
-     Read characters from an fport or file descriptor into a string
-     STR.  This procedure is scsh-compatible and can efficiently read
+     Read characters from a port or file descriptor into a string STR.
+     A port must have an underlying file descriptor -- a so-called
+     fport.  This procedure is scsh-compatible and can efficiently read
      large strings.
 
+*** New function: write-string/partial str [port_or_fdes [start [end]]]
+
+     Write characters from a string STR to a port or file descriptor.
+     A port must have an underlying file descriptor -- a so-called
+     fport.  This procedure is mostly compatible and can efficiently
+     write large strings.
+
 ** New module (ice-9 match)
 
 This module includes Andrew K. Wright's pattern matcher.  See

doc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-06-04  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
+
+	* scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): added 
+	write-string/partial, updated read-string!/partial.
+
 2001-05-30  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 
 	* General: A lot of typo, texinfo markup and layout corrections.

ice-9/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-06-04  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
+
+	* rw.scm: export write-string/partial.
+
 2001-06-04  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 
 	Added exception notice to all files.

libguile/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-06-04  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
+
+	* rw.c (scm_write_string_partial): new procedure implementing
+	write-string/partial in (ice-9 rw).
+	* rw.h: declare scm_write_string_partial.
+	
 2001-06-04  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 
 	Added exception notice to all files.