Hello! Current cl-prevalence version does not allow to set specific :external-format when reading or writing files. This is very uncomfortable when current working encoding in application differs from the system locale's one: cl recodes strings on serializing. Please check this patchset implementing the feature (cumulative with my previous bugfixes for "serialize-sexp-external" and "backup"). Maybe there are some crossplatform-related changes required. % hg diff diff -r 1edf5cd93bb9 src/prevalence.lisp --- a/src/prevalence.lisp Sun Jul 26 11:10:13 2009 +0200 +++ b/src/prevalence.lisp Tue Sep 08 22:44:04 2009 +0400 @@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ (transaction-hook ;; type function :accessor get-transaction-hook :initarg :transaction-hook - :initform #'identity)) + :initform #'identity) + (external-format ;; external encoding for file operations + :reader get-external-format + :initarg :external-format + :initform :utf-8)) (:documentation "Base Prevalence system implementation object")) (defclass guarded-prevalence-system (prevalence-system) @@ -156,7 +160,8 @@ (setf transaction-log-stream (open (get-transaction-log system) :direction :output :if-does-not-exist :create - :if-exists :append))))) + :if-exists :append + :external-format (get-external-format system)))))) (defmethod close-open-streams ((system prevalence-system) &key abort) "Close all open stream associated with system (optionally aborting operations in progress)" @@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ :type (get-file-extension system)) snapshot))) (with-open-file (out snapshot - :direction :output :if-does-not-exist :create :if-exists :supersede) + :direction :output :if-does-not-exist :create :if-exists :supersede :external-format (get-external-format system)) (funcall (get-serializer system) (get-root-objects system) out (get-serialization-state system))) (when (probe-file transaction-log) (copy-file transaction-log (merge-pathnames (make-pathname :name (get-transaction-log-filename system timetag) @@ -273,7 +278,7 @@ (clrhash (get-root-objects system)) (close-open-streams system) (when (probe-file (get-snapshot system)) - (with-open-file (in (get-snapshot system) :direction :input) + (with-open-file (in (get-snapshot system) :direction :input :external-format (get-external-format system)) (setf (get-root-objects system) (funcall (get-deserializer system) in (get-serialization-state system))))) (when (probe-file (get-transaction-log system)) (let ((position 0)) @@ -284,7 +289,7 @@ condition) (truncate-file (get-transaction-log system) position) (return-from restore)))) - (with-open-file (in (get-transaction-log system) :direction :input) + (with-open-file (in (get-transaction-log system) :direction :input :external-format (get-external-format system)) (loop (let ((transaction (funcall (get-deserializer system) in (get-serialization-state system)))) (setf position (file-position in)) @@ -310,7 +315,7 @@ (defmethod backup ((system guarded-prevalence-system) &key directory) "Do a backup on a system controlled by a guard" (funcall (get-guard system) - #'(lambda () (call-next-method system directory)))) + #'(lambda () (call-next-method system :directory directory)))) (defmethod restore ((system guarded-prevalence-system)) "Restore a system controlled by a guard" @@ -343,8 +348,8 @@ (buffer (make-string 4096)) (index 0) (read-count 0)) - (with-open-file (in file :direction :input) - (with-open-file (out tmp-file :direction :output :if-exists :overwrite :if-does-not-exist :create) + (with-open-file (in file :direction :input :external-format (get-external-format system)) + (with-open-file (out tmp-file :direction :output :if-exists :overwrite :if-does-not-exist :create :external-format (get-external-format system)) (when (> position (file-length in)) (return-from truncate-file)) (loop (when (= index position) (return)) @@ -360,8 +365,8 @@ (defun copy-file (source target) (let ((buffer (make-string 4096)) (read-count 0)) - (with-open-file (in source :direction :input) - (with-open-file (out target :direction :output :if-exists :overwrite :if-does-not-exist :create) + (with-open-file (in source :direction :input :external-format (get-external-format system)) + (with-open-file (out target :direction :output :if-exists :overwrite :if-does-not-exist :create :external-format (get-external-format system)) (loop (setf read-count (read-sequence buffer in)) (write-sequence buffer out :end read-count) diff -r 1edf5cd93bb9 src/serialization/sexp.lisp --- a/src/serialization/sexp.lisp Sun Jul 26 11:10:13 2009 +0200 +++ b/src/serialization/sexp.lisp Tue Sep 08 22:44:04 2009 +0400 @@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ (write-string " . " stream) (serialize-sexp-internal (slot-value object slot) stream serialization-state) (write-string ")" stream)) - serializable-slots)) - (write-string " ) )" stream))))) + serializable-slots) + (write-string " )" stream)) + (write-string " )" stream))))) ;;; objects (defmethod serialize-sexp-internal ((object standard-object) stream serialization-state)