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Sebastian Egner <sebastian.egner@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > * There is no external representation specified for blobs. This is on purpose. Same rationale as for SRFI 66. > * There is no BLOB-COMPARE. I suppose one could be added, but it's not clear what the right specification for it is. I was hoping you'd suggest one. > * There is are no BLOB->INTEGER and INTEGER->BLOB. (In case there are > bignums.) No, because that would mean specifying a representation for them. SRFI 56 has operations for that. Operations for flonums may be even more important. But this seems like an appropriate subject for a separate SRFI or even two of them. The purview of this one is strictly the one described in its abstract. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla