From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 21831 invoked from network); 15 May 2020 20:04:33 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 May 2020 20:04:33 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A87A49C984; Sat, 16 May 2020 06:04:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDD679C677; Sat, 16 May 2020 06:03:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5C2FF9C677; Sat, 16 May 2020 06:03:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1FD379C668 for ; Sat, 16 May 2020 06:03:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id BF95135E149; Fri, 15 May 2020 13:03:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 13:03:54 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: ron@ronnatalie.com Message-ID: <20200515200354.GL30160@mcvoy.com> References: <202005141841.04EIfvEZ063529@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> <20200515150122.GF30160@mcvoy.com> <014001d62af3$9cc209b0$d6461d10$@ronnatalie.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <014001d62af3$9cc209b0$d6461d10$@ronnatalie.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] v7 K&R C X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" I think every old Unix hand does int c; // EOF is typically -1 On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 04:01:23PM -0400, ron@ronnatalie.com wrote: > Unfortunately, if c is char on a machine with unsigned chars, or it???s of type unsigned char, the EOF will never be detected. > > > > > > > > * while ((c = getchar()) != EOF) if (c == '\n') { /* entire record is now there */ > > > -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm