Re: The difference in string and char[], readf() and scanf()

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On 2015-03-21 at 16:05, Ivan Kazmenko wrote:

Generate a 100000-character string
[...]
Try to copy it with D scanf and printf:
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import std.stdio;
void main () {
     char [100000] a;
     scanf ("%s", a.ptr);
     printf ("%s\n", a.ptr);
}
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Only 32767 first characters of the string are actually copied.

In what universe?! Which OS, compiler and architecture?