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+#TODO: ascii format (default) (+ binary format?)
+defaultWriteTmp = function(curves [uncompressed coeffs, limited number - nbSeriesPerChunk], last=FALSE)
+{
+ #if last=TRUE, close the conn (??)
+}
+
+#careful: connection must remain open
+defaultReadTmp = function(start, n)
+{
+
+}