Re: Is there an ELisp function for reading file contents in a string?

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Feb 6, 2008 2:11 PM,  <stephan.zimmer@googlemail.com> wrote:

> The
> only, yet not very charming, possibility that I currently see is to
> use the "insert-file" function in combination with the "buffer-
> (sub)string" function and later erase the inserted file contents
> again.

Why "not charming"? You don't really need to erase the contents afterwards:

(defun file-as-string (file &optional beg end)
  (with-temp-buffer
    (insert-file-contents file nil beg end)
    (buffer-string)))

What is the problem with that?

             Juanma