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diff --git a/doc/ref/api-data.texi b/doc/ref/api-data.texi index 17baed27d..ac778b9de 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-data.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-data.texi @@ -4448,6 +4448,19 @@ returned is the number of bytes for @code{scm_to_latin1_stringn} and for @code{scm_to_utf32_stringn}. @end deftypefn +It is not often the case, but sometimes when you are dealing with the +implementation details of a port, you need to encode and decode strings +according to the encoding and conversion strategy of the port. There +are some convenience functions for that purpose as well. + +@deftypefn {C Function} SCM scm_from_port_string (const char *str, SCM port) +@deftypefnx {C Function} SCM scm_from_port_stringn (const char *str, size_t len, SCM port) +@deftypefnx {C Function} char* scm_to_port_string (SCM str, SCM port) +@deftypefnx {C Function} char* scm_to_port_stringn (SCM str, size_t *lenp, SCM port) +Like @code{scm_from_stringn} and friends, except they take their +encoding and conversion strategy from a given port object. +@end deftypefn + @node String Internals @subsubsection String Internals |