Daniel Keep wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
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Right now readln preserves the separator. The newer File.byLine
eliminates it by default and offers to keep it by calling
File.byLine(KeepTerminator.yes). The allowed terminators are one
character or a string. See
http://erdani.dreamhosters.com/d/web/phobos/std_stdio.html#byLine
I consider such an API adequate but insufficient; we need to add to it.
Andrei
Why not:
char[] line, sep;
line = File.byLine(); // discard sep
line = File.byLine(sep); // pass sep out
The separator is likely to be more useful once extracted.
And how about when sep is elaborate (e.g. regex)?
Andrei
