Nobody commented on my last post ("inputting functions for std.stdio"), so I'll
re-post it.

I've added new functions readf(), readfln(), freadf(), and freadfln() to
std.stdio.

readf() - reads a line from stdin, but does not include the newline
readfln() - reads a line from stdin, and includes the newline
freadf(FILE* fp) - reads a line from fp, but does not include the newline
freadfln(FILE* fp) - reads a line from fp, and includes the newline

The updated version is here: http://kinghajj.home.comcast.net/stdio.d

some first impressions:
- the "f" in writef stands for "format" and since there isn't any format
involved in readf it should be called something else - like readLine or
getLine something...
- accepting a buffer to fill would be nice (see std.stream.readLine)

"kinghajj" <kinghajj_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:cg2sdr$29lt$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Nobody commented on my last post ("inputting functions for std.stdio"), so
I'll
> re-post it.
>
> I've added new functions readf(), readfln(), freadf(), and freadfln() to
> std.stdio.
>
> readf() - reads a line from stdin, but does not include the newline
> readfln() - reads a line from stdin, and includes the newline
> freadf(FILE* fp) - reads a line from fp, but does not include the newline
> freadfln(FILE* fp) - reads a line from fp, and includes the newline
>
> The updated version is here: http://kinghajj.home.comcast.net/stdio.d
>
>

In article <cg2tet$2ahv$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Ben Hinkle says...
>
>some first impressions:
>- the "f" in writef stands for "format" and since there isn't any format
>involved in readf it should be called something else - like readLine or
>getLine something...
>- accepting a buffer to fill would be nice (see std.stream.readLine)
>

That 'f' means format (I always wondered what that meant...)? Ok... but,
readLine exists already...

Accecpt a buffer: you mean like "read(buf)"? I think I could do that.

I changed some things: I've removed the unneeded 'f's and I added new functions:

read(out char[] buf)
readln(out char[] buf)
fread(FILE *fp, out char[] buf)
freadln(FILE *fp, out char[] buf)

Fairly self-explanatory.

Again, it's here: http://kinghajj.home.comcast.net/stdio.d

In article <cg2sdr$29lt$1@digitaldaemon.com>, kinghajj says...

>I've added new functions readf(), readfln(), freadf(), and freadfln() to
>std.stdio.
>
>readf() - reads a line from stdin, but does not include the newline
>readfln() - reads a line from stdin, and includes the newline
>freadf(FILE* fp) - reads a line from fp, but does not include the newline
>freadfln(FILE* fp) - reads a line from fp, and includes the newline

I had a look at the source file, but it wasn't clear to me how you decide what is or is not a newline.

Anyway, for the record, in Unicode, any of the following should be accepted as "newline":

U+000A           (Carriage Return)
U+000A U+000D    (Carriage Return followed by Line Feed)
U+000D           (Line Feed)
U+0085           (Next Line)
U+2028           (Line Separator)
U+2029           (Paragraph Separator)

Also, when reading a line from a file, normally you don't care what kind of newline was used to terminate the line - however, sometimes you do, and therefore it might also be useful also to return that information somehow.

Arcane Jill