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diff --git a/libc/stdio1/idealgetline.c b/libc/stdio1/idealgetline.c deleted file mode 100644 index 7eacc9e..0000000 --- a/libc/stdio1/idealgetline.c +++ /dev/null @@ -1,67 +0,0 @@ -/* idealgetline.c -- my idea of an ideal getline function for stdio - Copyright (C) 1996 Joel N. Weber II <nemo@koa.iolani.honolulu.hi.us> - - This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License - as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 - of the License, or (at your option) any later version. - - This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - GNU General Public License for more details. - - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License - along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software - Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. - */ - -/* I actually intend to use this in 32 bit programs, unlike the other stuff - in this lib. IMHO GNU getline is broken. It is too hard to use. - - Just pass this function a FILE * and it will retrieve a line for you using - getc(). It will realloc() exactly the amount of memory needed, and will - generate error messages for non-ascii characters on stderr. - - This may not be your ideal. It probably generates far too many errors. - It doesn't work well for those who don't use English (but since - Linux-less-than-32 libc and kernels are each being produced by one - person in the US and one in the UK, this isn't a problem). It probably - is not what you (or I) want for interactive input. - - You're welcome to modify this routine to meet your needs. However, if - you change the semantics significantly, please change the name. - - (Maybe I should have put my own name on it so there will be no confusion - about who thought it was ideal). */ - -#include <stdio.h> -#include <malloc.h> - -char *idealgetline(f) -FILE *f; -{ - char c; - char *ret; - int size = 0, bufsize = 256; - - ret = malloc(256); - c = getc(f); - while ((c != EOF) && (c != '\n')){ - if ((c >= ' ') && (c <= 126)){ - ret[size] = c; - size++; - if (size == bufsize){ - bufsize += 256; - ret = realloc(ret, bufsize); - } - } else { - fprintf(stderr, "Unexpected character 0x%x encountered in input", c); - free(ret); - return 0; - } - } - ret[size] = '\0'; - size++; - return realloc(ret, size); -} |