>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Bawden <Alan@lcs.mit.edu> writes: Alan> A little example. Sometimes I'd like to be able to open a file Alan> and read it as a sequence of 8-bit bytes. An issue finally. Has this been talked about or could one safely post a strawman proposal? -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla