Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	"A. Jans-Beken" <jabe AT oce DOT nl>
Subject:	Allegro -> possible bug
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Date:	Wed, 7 Jan 1998 15:13:06 GMT
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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I have noticed a difference between the allegro 2.2 function:
   pack_fgets(...)
and the standard stdio function:
   fgets(...)

It seems that the standard function reads a string INCLUDING the '\n' at
the end while the packed function reads a string WITHOUT the trailing
'\n'.

In stdio code this means:
int main() {
   ...
   fputs("hello\n", f);
   ...
   fgets(buffer,100,f);
   *(buffer + strlen(buffer) - 1) = '\0';
   ...
   }

versus the allegro code:
int main() {
   ...
   pack_fputs("hello\n", f);
   ...
   pack_fgets(buffer,100,f);
   // String is already terminated by '\0'
   ...
   }

Dono if this is the same in version 3.

greetings,
Twan Jans-Beken

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