[GAP Forum] Re: InstallCharReadHookFunc

[Steve Linton]

Dear GAP Forum,

Jose Morais asked:

> gap> func := function()
> >     Print(ReadAll(gapmenustream));
> > end;;
> gap> InstallCharReadHookFunc( gapmenustream, "r", func );
> 
> 	But as soon as there is somethig ready to be read from the stream, I
> get the following error:
> 
> gap> Function: number of arguments must be 0 (not 1)
> not in any function
> Entering break read-eval-print loop ...
> you can 'quit;' to quit to outer loop, or
> you can replace the argument list <args> via 'return <args>;' to
> continue
> 
> 
> 	Can someone tell me what is wrong in this?

The problem here is that the function supplied to InstallCharReadHookFunc must
take one argument (which it can ignore). The manual mentions this, in passing:


Note that handler functions must not return anything and get one integer
							^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
argument, which refers to an index in one of the following arrays (according to
^^^^^^^^
whether the function was installed for input, output or exceptions on the
stream). 

Your message is produced when your function func() which takes no arguments is
called by GAP with one argument.

	Steve

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