On 31/10/2007, Nikolay Molchanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not suggesting to change stdio, I'm suggesting to change pkgrm code to use
> "read(0, buf, 1);"
> in loop to read 1 byte from standard input until the end of line or EOF 
> happens.
> Basically it is the same loop as it uses to write its questions:
>
> 12580:    write(2, " D", 1)                = 1
> 12580:    write(2, " o", 1)                = 1
> 12580:    write(2, "  ", 1)                = 1
> 12580:    write(2, " y", 1)                = 1
> 12580:    write(2, " o", 1)                = 1
> 12580:    write(2, " u", 1)                = 1
> 12580:    write(2, "  ", 1)                = 1
> ...
>
> In this case it will leave the pointer in the input file at the beginning of 
> next line,
> so the child process will read from this point.

That seems like a lot of hackery for little benefit.

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