(open :direction :probe ...) vs probe-file

From: Peter Seibel (peter_at_javamonkey.com)
Date: 01/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:53:32 GMT

Unless I've missed something, there's not a lot of difference between
(open file :direction :probe) and (probe-file file). Do folks have
particular stylistic preferences? (Or have I missed some distinction?)

-Peter 

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Peter Seibel                                      peter@javamonkey.com
         Lisp is the red pill. -- John Fraser, comp.lang.lisp