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Re: port-line and port-column


Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com> writes:

> I now agree that keeping the existing argment order is best,
> because it makes set-port-line! and set-port-column! compatible
> with other set! procedures, which is probably more important
> than having it be compatible with other port procedures.

Yes, and regarding compatibility with other port procedures:

For procedures like `display' and `read' it is obvious which port to
select as default, but which should be the default for set-port-*!,
(current-input-port) or (current-output-port)?

/mdj