Re: [Pharo-dev] FileStreams and encoding ( opening a readStream on a FileRerefence)

Guilermo's new File class with its simple binary streams can be perfectly combined (stacked) with Zn character encoding streams. A first step would be to make FileSystem return/produce those stacked streams.

I even believe there is a prototype integrating this

I believe you are one (the ?) author of Nile, so you know very well how complex stream users are - that is the challenge. Authors of parsers or protocols that depend on streams should write to minimal API's, only using what they really need.

Sven my point is that if we want to make progress from this front we should slowly improve once we have in place the new version then we can plan for migrating yes it can be tedious and boring but we can do it if we have a plan. Stef