Re: Reading beyond the end of file

From	Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Reading beyond the end of file
Date	2015-09-11 13:55 -0600
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Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>
> Which term applies depends on what is considered "the band".  I
> think of getchar() as returning a character - the type is int,
> but what the value represents is a character.  I think most C
> developers think of getchar() as returning a character.  From
> this perspective, the value EOF, which is negative whereas all
> character values are non-negative (with the usual assumption that
> UCHAR_MAX <= INT_MAX), qualifies as an "out-of-band" value.  To
> say this another way, there is no character that can be written
> to a file which when read back (under the same assumption as
> before) would give EOF.
>
> I agree of course that getchar() returns int values, but it does
> that precisely so that it can accommodate an extra value (EOF)
> that corresponds to no character.  The range of the type is not
> the same as the range of the values.
>
> Let me add that there is nothing logically wrong with thinking
> of "the band" as being all character values plus EOF, or as
> being all int values even though most of the negative ones are
> never returned.  I just think that doesn't correspond to most
> developers' mental model for what getchar() is used for.

As I understand the term from networking, an out-of-band indication
would be some alternate mechanism you would use to detect EOF, other
than a call to getchar().  Looking at wikipedia's disambiguation page,
all the uses they give match this understanding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-band

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Reading beyond the end of file janus <emekamicro@gmail.com> - 2015-08-17 16:24 -0700
  Re: Reading beyond the end of file Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-08-18 00:53 +0100
    Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-17 18:44 -0700
      Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 14:41 -0700
        Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-06 17:09 -0700
          Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-11 10:06 -0700
            Re: Reading beyond the end of file Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-11 12:41 -0700
              Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-26 14:24 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-26 21:49 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-01 13:57 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-01 17:22 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-10-02 13:05 +0000
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-04 17:56 -0700
            Re: Reading beyond the end of file Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-09-11 13:55 -0600
              Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-26 14:14 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-26 14:43 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-09-26 17:57 -0400
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-01 14:01 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-09-26 22:18 -0600
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-01 12:58 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-10-01 15:08 -0600
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-04 18:03 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-05 04:02 +0000
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-10-02 13:11 +0000
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-02 09:31 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-10-03 16:07 -0400
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-04 19:06 -0700
            Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-11 14:36 -0700
              Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-26 14:05 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-26 18:53 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-01 13:49 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-10-01 20:23 -0400
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-02 06:14 +0000
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-04 19:03 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-10-04 22:55 -0400
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-05 04:27 +0000
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-04 22:21 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-05 09:53 +0000
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-05 13:15 -0400
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-05 10:25 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-05 21:30 +0000
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-05 21:27 +0000
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-05 10:17 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-05 11:59 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-05 13:44 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-05 21:58 +0000
                Ones' complement subtraction supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-05 15:28 -0700
                Re: Ones' complement subtraction glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-06 02:14 +0000
                Re: Ones' complement subtraction supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-06 08:48 -0700
                Re: Ones' complement subtraction glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-06 20:55 +0000
                Re: Ones' complement subtraction supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-06 14:41 -0700
                Re: Ones' complement subtraction glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-07 00:14 +0000
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-05 15:24 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-05 21:39 +0000
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-05 15:31 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-06 03:04 +0000
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-06 08:55 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-06 11:44 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-10-05 23:16 -0400
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-06 10:29 -0400
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-06 08:56 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-10-06 23:13 -0400
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-06 22:01 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-07 08:43 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-07 10:02 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-07 13:08 -0700
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-10-07 22:03 -0400
                Re: Reading beyond the end of file Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-05 01:47 -0700
  Re: Reading beyond the end of file James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-17 20:10 -0400
    Re: Reading beyond the end of file janus <emekamicro@gmail.com> - 2015-08-18 00:54 -0700
      Re: Reading beyond the end of file janus <emekamicro@gmail.com> - 2015-08-18 01:43 -0700
      Re: Reading beyond the end of file James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-18 10:18 -0400
      Re: Reading beyond the end of file Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-08-18 09:18 -0700
        Re: Reading beyond the end of file Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-18 11:17 -0700
          Re: Reading beyond the end of file Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-08-18 13:24 -0700

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