Re: [clisp-list] standard in/out as binary streams

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * In message <200...@ma...>
> * On the subject of "Re: [clisp-list] standard in/out as binary streams"
> * Sent on Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:31:38 +0200
> * Honorable Lennart Staflin <le...@on...> writes:
>
> On fredag, juni 15, 2001, at 06:45 , Sam Steingold wrote:
> 
> >
> > I am not sure if it answers your question, but STREAM-ELEMENT-TYPE is
> > setf-able in CLISP, see <http://clisp.cons.org/impnotes.html>.
> 
> Yes, possibly. The *terminal-io* stream seems to be the standard in/out,
> but for this
> particular stream i get:
> *** - (SETF STREAM-ELEMENT-TYPE) on #<TERMINAL-STREAM> is illegal

this is because you are using a terminal.
if you redirect i/o of your clisp process, you would be able to SETF
STREAM-ELEMENT-TYPE.

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