OpenEuphoria

Re: open file?

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> Feb 04, 2000
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Bernie Ryan writes:

> Critical Error: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?

That's what happens when you write to a file that's already
open for some other purpose.

> When I use the builtin open I get a file handle of 3
> When I use Jacques DosOpen in doswrap.e I get a file handle of 5

The file handle number returned by DosOpen is not meant to be
the same as the file handle number returned by Euphoria's open().
If there's some relationship, it's just a coincidence, and should not
be relied on.

Why are you trying to use DosOpen?
In his comments Jacques assumes that loading a file into
memory with normal Euphoria operations is slow.
This is a myth. Do some measurements before you
decide that you need DosOpen. You'll probably
only save a few milliseconds, and your code won't
be portable to Windows or Linux.

Regards,
     Rob Craig
     Rapid Deployment Software
     http://www.RapidEuphoria.com