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From: Atle <trollet@skynet.be>
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Subject: Re: Program 'betcat.bet': Comments, please?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 08:46:19 -0100
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Ralf Rohirrim wrote:
> 
> 
> The readTheFile should be substituted with the following:
> fil.scan(# do ch->put#);
> fil.close;
AH, it feels good to start knowing what I'm taling about: That would change the semantics from 'line at a time' to 'character at a
time' right? Now, what if I wanted to read 'line by line' but separated by something other than \n? Like ';' for example?
> The idea is to notice that showFile can go wrong, and declare a new
> exception to be called when that happens.
Thanks! I'm really starting to see the light now!

Atle