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  Re: #read / #write docs--a suggested clarification  
From: James Holsenback
Date: 25 Apr 2013 09:47:26
Message: <517933ee$1@news.povray.org>
On 04/25/2013 01:59 AM, Kenneth wrote:
> James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
> BUT (and I hate to beat this poor old horse much longer) the question of what is
> an 'open file' there still rankles me.  It's this line in the docs (used
> repeatedly):
>
> "Where FILE_HANDLE_IDENTIFIER is the previously opened file."

think of it this way ... gotta open the box for the first time, before 
ya grab a cookie! Don't have to re-open the box to get another cookie. 
The file handle keeps track of where you left off. When you're done you 
can either close, or let the implied close at the end of the parse 
process do it!


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