[Help-smalltalk] [task] Sockets should accept integers/bytearrays as well as characters/strings

[Paolo Bonzini]

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Project:      GNU Smalltalk
Version:      <none>
Component:    Bindings: Sockets
Category:     tasks
Priority:     normal
Assigned to:  Unassigned
Reported by:  bonzinip
Updated by:   bonzinip
Status:       active

This is probably easiest to do with a new class shape, which can also be
used for FileStreams.  The new shape would accept bytes *and* characters
for #at:put:, and return characters always (for backwards
compatibility).

Currently, I am working around it in Sport, but it's bad for
performance.