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Subject: Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 16:59:40 08/29/04

On August 29, 2004 at 17:44:16, Alessandro Scotti wrote:

>On August 29, 2004 at 12:04:47, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>2)Is it safe to use fgets()?
>>I remember that it is not safe to use gets() and I think that for the same
>>reason it is not safe to use fgets()
>
>fgets() is safe. The difference with gets() is that the latter doesn't take the
>buffer size as a parameter, so it can overflow your buffer. Other minor
>difference s are that gets() removes end of line characters from the string,
>while fgets() leaves them there, and also that gets() can only read from stdin.


It isn't safe from the point of view of being able to ask "has anything been
typed on the keyboard" because fgets() uses library buffering which hides input
from the operating system's "is there input" query.

Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Alessandro Scotti 02:27:46 08/30/04
- Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Robert Hyatt 07:20:05 08/30/04
  - Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Alessandro Scotti 08:25:26 08/30/04
    - Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Robert Hyatt 10:57:59 08/30/04
      - Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Uri Blass 11:40:25 08/30/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Alessandro Scotti 16:10:38 08/30/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Alessandro Scotti 16:31:02 08/30/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Robert Hyatt 12:39:45 08/30/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Dieter Buerssner 15:39:58 08/30/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Robert Hyatt 16:51:17 08/30/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Dieter Buerssner 13:16:58 09/01/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Robert Hyatt 13:38:20 09/01/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Uri Blass 05:15:13 08/31/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Uri Blass 16:18:33 08/30/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Robert Hyatt 16:52:56 08/30/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Dieter Buerssner 16:31:30 08/30/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Anthony Cozzie 10:16:04 08/31/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Uri Blass 13:09:59 08/30/04
        
        Re: questions about using fget as waiting loop Robert Hyatt 13:26:16 08/30/04

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