<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Chapter 13. Streams</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="ecl.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The ECL manual"><link rel="up" href="pt01.html" title="Part I. Standards"><link rel="prev" href="ch12s02.html" title="12.2. Dictionary"><link rel="next" href="ch13s02.html" title="13.2. Input/Output model"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 13. Streams</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch12s02.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part I. Standards</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch13s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 13. Streams"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="sec.ansi.streams"></a>Chapter 13. Streams</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch13.html#sec.ansi.streams.types">13.1. Stream types</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch13s02.html">13.2. Input/Output model</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="section" title="13.1. Stream types"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.ansi.streams.types"></a>13.1. Stream types</h2></div></div></div><p><span class="application">ECL</span> implements all stream types described in <a class="xref" href="bi01.html#bib.ANSI">ANSI</a>. Additionally, when configured with option <code class="option">--enable-clos-streams</code>, <span class="application">ECL</span> includes a version of Gray streams where any object that implements the appropiate methods (<code class="function">stream-input-p</code>, <code class="function">stream-read-char</code>, etc) is a valid argument for the functions that expect streams, such as <code class="function">read</code>, <code class="function">print</code>, etc.</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch12s02.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="pt01.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch13s02.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">12.2. Dictionary </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 13.2. Input/Output model</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
