Re: read('*line')

[Adrian Sietsma <adrian_groups@...>]

Markus Huber wrote:

> It seems to be impossible to detect if read('line*') stopped on an
> newline or fileend. 
...
> Ok I can program also an read(buffersize) _without *line_ and then
> process this buffer in lines using gsub. But I feel very uncomfortable
> becaus the end can be found in buffer, not found in buffer or
> truncated due buffering... :-(

also consider "abc\f", "abc\n\f"
looks like a job for filters....

Adrian