Re: io:lines() and \0

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2014-02-21 15:38 GMT+02:00 Andrew Starks <andrew.starks@trms.com>:

> This is very much a human problem, not a technical one. Correct behavior can
> be defined by many smart people and the answers will not be the same.
>
> The specifications and standards are interesting, and not the  whole story.
>
> What behavior does the average scripting user expect?
>
> Is an error in \0 possible?

For me, only text files have lines, and a text file is something I could have
typed in from my terminal into a stupid editor like Nano without ever needing
to hit the Ctrl key.