1. RFC on routines and mode Pos (chris hermansen)

[Paul Leyland]

> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:40:38 -0700
> From: chris hermansen <clhermansen@gmail.com>
> To: algol68@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: RFC on routines and mode Pos
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> Good afternoon everyone,
>
> Back prodding transput here and I have some doubts with which I hope
> you all can help.

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> Any comments?  Would anyone prefer to mostly or entirely chuck the
> whole (p,l,c) here?

Long ago I suggested that the (p,l,c) concept doesn't make sense in 
today's environment. I remain of the opinion that it should be chucked, 
especially that of a page. All files contain precisely one page and one 
line and any attempt to change that should (optionally?) generate a 
warning on and otherwise have no effect. Of course, newline does the 
Right Thing, either emitting a LF or scanning until a LF is found (with 
the obvious behaviour at EOF).

Paul