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On 06/09/2011 05:13 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 6/8/2011 11:59 PM, Uno wrote:

>> What obvious thing am I missing here?
>
> First, that an `unsigned char', necessarily non-negative,
> cannot be equal to the negative value EOF. (Let's ignore
> exotic systems where sizeof(int)==1, okay?)

Right.  I wish I could say this was the only time I'd forgotten that.  I 
could blame Heathfield for making me think that unsigned chars were what 
I wanted to deal with binary data, but at some point, one owns his own 
misperceptions.
>
> Second, that fclose() is spelled with an initial "f". By
> writing it as close(), you've f-ed up.
>
> Third, that some C delimiters are used in matching pairs.
> Just as each ( needs a matching ), so each { needs a matching }.
>

[OT]

Is that forest fire gonna affect AZ population centers? It's turning 
into a bummer for NM.  How can it still be zero percent contained?
-- 
Uno

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variable-length strings Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-01 03:36 -0600
  Re: variable-length strings ccc31807 <cartercc@gmail.com> - 2011-06-01 07:13 -0700
    Re: variable-length strings Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-02 10:54 -0600
  Re: variable-length strings "George Mpouras" <nospam.gravitalsun@hotmail.com.nospam> - 2011-06-01 17:01 +0300
  Re: variable-length strings "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-06-02 15:33 +0200
  Re: variable-length strings "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-06-02 15:44 +0200
    Re: variable-length strings Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-06-02 14:19 +0000
      cmp (was: variable-length strings) "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-06-02 18:15 +0200
      Re: variable-length strings Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-03 23:21 -0600
        Re: variable-length strings "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2011-06-04 02:43 -0400
    Re: variable-length strings bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi) - 2011-06-03 11:08 -0500
      Re: variable-length strings Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-04 00:03 -0600
        Re: variable-length strings pacman@kosh.dhis.org (Alan Curry) - 2011-06-04 20:18 +0000
          Re: variable-length strings Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-07 23:00 -0600
      cmp (was: variable-length strings) "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-06-04 10:29 +0200
        Re: cmp Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-07 22:38 -0600
          Re: cmp pacman@kosh.dhis.org (Alan Curry) - 2011-06-08 05:22 +0000
            Re: cmp Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-09 16:10 -0600
    Re: variable-length strings Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-03 22:58 -0600
      bdiff (was: variable-length strings) "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-06-04 10:52 +0200
        Re: bdiff Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-08 21:59 -0600
          Re: bdiff Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-09 16:08 +1200
            Re: bdiff Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-08 22:20 -0600
              Re: bdiff Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-09 02:57 -0600
                Re: bdiff Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-09 11:10 +0200
                Re: bdiff bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi) - 2011-06-19 06:10 -0500
          Re: bdiff Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-09 07:13 -0400
            Re: bdiff Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-09 13:30 -0600
    Re: variable-length strings Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-06-03 23:11 -0600
      Re: variable-length strings "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-06-04 10:55 +0200

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