Document `(ice-9 binary-ports)'.

* doc/ref/api-io.texi (R6RS I/O Ports): Mention `(ice-9 binary-ports)'.

* NEWS: Update.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ The humble `error' SRFI now has an entry in the manual.
 * New modules
 
 ** `(ice-9 binary-ports)': XXX, in the manual
+** `(ice-9 binary-ports)': "R6RS I/O Ports", in the manual
 ** `(ice-9 eval-string)': "Fly Evaluation", in the manual
     
 * Bugs fixed

diff --git a/doc/ref/api-io.texi b/doc/ref/api-io.texi
index 4786d79a472e61e2f23ddff89b0fedfd03b47210..e7e91edae6ae138cdc48be921a479970bdd2c037 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ref/api-io.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/api-io.texi
@@ -1164,6 +1164,10 @@ presented above (@pxref{Input and Output}).
 * R6RS Binary Output::          Binary output.
 @end menu
 
+A subset of the @code{(rnrs io ports)} module is provided by the
+@code{(ice-9 binary-ports)} module.  It contains binary input/output
+procedures and does not rely on R6RS support.
+
 @node R6RS End-of-File
 @subsubsection The End-of-File Object