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# SRFI 238 - portable string-based implementation
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This is an implementation SRFI 238 based around the following C
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interface.
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```
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char *codeset_list(void);
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char *codeset_numbers(const char *codeset);
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char *codeset_symbols(const char *codeset);
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char *codeset_messages(const char *codeset);
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```
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Each function returns a newline-delimited C string.
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The idea is to make the interface so simple that it can be wrapped
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easily using the FFI of any Scheme implementation that has one.
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(Non-Scheme languages like Common Lisp or ML could make use of the
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same C code.)
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The downside is that memory usage is not optimal. All strings are
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retrieved from C at once, and half of the string handling is done in
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Scheme.
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