22 Jul
2008
22 Jul
'08
1:30 p.m.
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 04:10:03PM +0000, Henrik Grubbstr�m (Lysator) @ Pike (-) developers forum wrote:
I considered using Stdio.FILE for monitoring a logfile today, but I noticed that gets() (and ngets()) destroy their states when they reach EOF.
you mean a program like tail can't be written with pike because of this?
Correct (or rather not with Stdio.FILE and utilizing gets() et al).
Would anybody complain if I add an extra (optional) argument to them to signal that they shouldn't zap the buffers at EOF?
is it possible to add this functionality by subclassing Stdio.FILE?
Not without reimplementing everything in it once again, since the relevant variables and functions are private.