[plt-dev] is there some reason that port->lines et al. don't close input port?

On May 24, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Carl Eastlund wrote:

> 
> John,
> 
> If you want something consistent with existing functions, it sounds
> like a "with-input-from-url" would do what you want.  We don't often
> have readers close a port, but we do have functions that open, use,
> and close a port all in one operation.

Going even further, how about

url->lines

?

Oh dear, I sense something more general lurking out there. X->lines, accepts a file-path or a URL?

Just thinking out loud,

John

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