From ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk  Tue Nov 27 19:23:02 2001
From: ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian Ripley)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:23:02 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Rd] seek helppage.  Possible clarification?
In-Reply-To: <87pu64ds53.fsf@jeeves.blindglobe.net>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.31.0111271921280.13076-100000@gannet.stats>

On 27 Nov 2001, A.J. Rossini wrote:

> >>>>> "BR" == Brian Ripley <Prof> writes:
>
>     BR> It's usual to put values in the Value: section, and indeed it
>     BR> is described there.  I am not sure why I would expect it in
>     BR> Details: too.
>
> Then the suggestion would be instead of (from "Value"):
>
>      `seek' returns the current position, as a byte offset, if
>      relevant, or `0' if not.
>
> to:
>
>      `seek' returns the current or previous position, as a byte offset, if
>      relevant, or `0' if not.
>
> (the confusion for me was whether current was before or after the function
> call, which may change the position).

(Sorry, I missed the point!)
I'd still say that was ambiguous, so I've changed it to

  \code{seek} returns the current position (before any move),
  as a byte offset, if relevant, or \code{0} if not.

Brian

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[Rd] seek helppage. Possible clarification?
Prof Brian Ripley