seek helppage. Possible clarification?

seek(zz,where=NewPosition)   returns the OldPosition of connection zz
(of the appropriate "pointer", i.e. read or write).  Currently, the
docs have:

Details:

    `seek' with `where = NA' returns the current byte offset of a
    connection (from the beginning), and with a positive `where'
    argument the connection is re-positioned (if possible) to the
    specified position.

One possible change would be to:

Details:

    `seek' with `where = NA' returns the current byte offset of a
    connection (from the beginning), and with a positive `where'
    argument the connection is re-positioned (if possible) to the
    specified position, returning the previous position.

(since seek() seems to return "current/previous position", at least
for the variants I seem to use).

best,
-tony

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"BR" == Brian Ripley <Prof> writes:

"BR" == Brian Ripley <Prof> writes:

    BR> It's usual to put values in the Value: section, and indeed it
    BR> is described there.  I am not sure why I would expect it in
    BR> Details: too.

Then the suggestion would be instead of (from "Value"):

     `seek' returns the current position, as a byte offset, if
     relevant, or `0' if not.

to:

     `seek' returns the current or previous position, as a byte offset, if
     relevant, or `0' if not.

(the confusion for me was whether current was before or after the function
call, which may change the position).