Re: String syntax changed?

[Paul Jarc]

Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> wrote:
> Maybe 'drain-input' is all that is needed?

That won't be enough.

guile> (drain-input (current-input-port)) ; foo
";"
guile> <unnamed port>: In expression foo:
<unnamed port>: Unbound variable: foo
ABORT: (unbound-variable)

Type "(backtrace)" to get more information or "(debug)" to enter the debugger.

I think we would want to consume data all the way through to the
newline.  (Not because it is a newline, but because that's how much
data has been flushed through the tty driver, and is available to
read() without blocking.)


paul