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Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
[...]
>> *However* the description of text streams in 7.21.2 says that a trailing
>> new-line may be required.  (By implication, if there is no new-line at
>> the very end of the file, the behavior is undefined.)  [snip]
>
> FWIW I think you may be reading that wrongly.  The requirement is not
> on the program but on the line.  ("Whether the last line requires a
> terminating new-line character is implementation-defined.")  It's
> not obvious that leaving off a final new-line was meant to be (or
> was meant not to be) undefined behavior.

Can you clarify what a requirement *on the line* means?
Implementations have behavior; lines don't.  I think it's just
slightly odd wording.  In any case, it's the implementation that
has to specify whether it's required or not.

If, for a given implementation, the last line doesn't require a
terminating new-line, writing a text file with no newline and then
reading it has well defined behavior.  If the last line *does*
require it, then the standard doesn't say what the behavior of a
program that omits it is -- thus, undefined behavior.

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  Re: Fgets question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-06 16:29 -0700
    Re: Fgets question Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-11 05:16 -0700
      Re: Fgets question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-11 14:04 -0700
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        Re: Fgets question Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-15 09:26 -0700
          Re: Fgets question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-15 10:42 -0700
            Re: Fgets question Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-20 10:53 -0700
              Re: Fgets question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-20 12:51 -0700
                Re: Fgets question Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-24 10:10 -0700
                Re: Fgets question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-24 12:15 -0700
                Re: Fgets question Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-26 16:41 -0700
                Re: Fgets question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-27 11:42 -0700
                Re: Fgets question Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-30 15:42 -0700

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