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Re: Analogue of ReadLine() in C

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"Keith Thompson" <kst-u@mib.org> wrote in message 
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> "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

>> If a limit of a few thousand characters is not enough, then a different
>> approach is needed; something in between ReadLine and ReadFile; ReadBlock
>> perhaps, as the file cannot be considered line-oriented, not in the
>> conventional, human-readable sense.
>
> Text isn't necessarily meant to be human-readable.

In that case there should be no pretence that a ReadLine function actually 
reads a 'line' at all, but any sequence of characters of any length.

That's why I suggested such a function should be called Readblock, with all 
the problems that that would introduce (such as possibly bringing down the 
system in the case of a rogue file with 'lines' too long to fit into either 
physical or virtual memory).

Then 'ReadLine' can be used for the straightforward cases such as reading 
configuration files or command lines. Lines which are too long are reported 
as errors (which in all probability they are).

-- 
Bartc 

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