[racket] regexp-replace* with input-port ==> Re: multi-replace function

10 minutes ago, YC wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> 
> > Well, that would be an obvious issue...  It might be possible to
> > do this if they're extended to get an output port too, something
> > like:
> >
> >  (regexp-replace* #rx"foo" inp "bar" outp)
> >
> > doing the same thing as the loop that I wrote.
> 
> So sounds like it can be done then?  This will be a nice addition
> and make the regexp lib interface more uniform when someone gets
> around to it.

Actually, there's a problem -- there is already an optional argument
for the prefix, and if an output port is added, it should be added
before that for consistency but that will be incompatible.

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