From: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Allegro -> possible bug
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 18:43:55 +0000
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A. Jans-Beken writes:
>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'.

The Allegro code reads the entire thing including the \n, but doesn't
bother storing the trailing character in the returned string. Yes, this
a slight difference, but I find it much more convenient that way :-)
This should certainly be mentioned in the docs, though...


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