* Re: Assistance with text i/o
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@ 1998-04-14 0:00 ` Anonymous
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From: Anonymous @ 1998-04-14 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:21:17 GMT, tmoran@bix.com (Tom Moran) wrote:
> Ada.Text_IO.Get_Line will read the entire line into a String, then
> parse (perhaps using the Ada 95 Strings packages) the line into two
> strings, one for each "word".
>
This is incorrect. It is a common misconception that
Ada.Text_Io.Get_Line "will read [an] entire line". Actually, Get_Line
reads characters into successive positions in Item (: out String) until
either
Item is filled with characters
or
Get_Line encounters a line terminator, in which case it skips the line
terminator.
If Get_Line fills Item before it encounters a line terminator, it does
not read an entire line, nor does it skip a line terminator. Do not rely
on Ada.Text_Io.Get_Line to read an entire line.
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