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@@ -50010,8 +50010,8 @@ of
.coNP Functions @ open-files and @ open-files*
.synb
-.mets (open-files < path-list <> [ alternative-stream ])
-.mets (open-files* < path-list <> [ alternative-stream ])
+.mets (open-files < path-list >> [ alternative-stream <> [ mode-string ]])
+.mets (open-files* < path-list >> [ alternative-stream <> [ mode-string ]])
.syne
.desc
The
@@ -50019,8 +50019,19 @@ The
and
.code open-files*
functions create a list of streams by invoking
-the open-file function on each element of
+the
+.code open-file
+function on each element of
.metn path-list .
+By default, the mode string
+.str r
+is passed to
+.codn open-file ;
+if the
+.meta mode-string
+argument specified, it overrides this default. In that situation,
+the specified mode should permit reading.
+
These streams are turned
into a catenated stream as if applied as arguments to
.codn make-catenated-stream .