use io;
use strings;
use fmt;

export type error = !(str | io::error);

export fn writerecord(w: io::handle, record: []str) (void | error) = {
	let sep = "";
	for (const field .. record) {
		const pfield = strings::replace(field, "\t", "");
		defer free(pfield);
		fmt::fprintf(w, "{}{}", sep, pfield)!;
		sep = "\t";
	};
	fmt::fprintln(w)!;
};

export fn writerecords(w: io::handle, records: [][]str) (void | error) = {
	for (const record .. records) {
		writerecord(w, record)?;
	};
};