Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] read-all/read-string doesn't detect EOF in terminal

[Christian Kellermann]

* felix winkelmann <address@hidden> [120925 21:32]:
> Calling "(read-string #f)" or "(read-all)" from csi in a terminal will
> not detect EOF, waiting forever for more input. This is caused by
> "C_fast_read_string_from_file", which calls clearerr(3) to clear the
> error/eof status on encountering EOF. But when the input port is
> connected to a terminal, input may still follow and the EOF status
> will be lost. The patch removes the call to clearerr(3) and adds
> an additional EOF check at the beginning. I'm not 100% sure about
> this fix, but it seems to do the job.

Worked for me too, pushed.

Thanks Felix!

Christian

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