[erlang-questions] proposal: expand definition of filename type

James Hague james.hague@REDACTED
Fri Sep 4 04:03:10 CEST 2009


On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Paul Mineiro<paul-trapexit@REDACTED> wrote:
> The point is well taken generally, but for iolists in particular, I find
> that I'm often disappointed that various portions of stdlib only take
> strings,

I admit to being enamored with IO lists (and especially the functions
that accept a plain binary, too).  It's handy to be able to mix and
match binaries and lists to fit the situation, without littering my
code with conversions.

James


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