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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: variable length strings
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:42:53 +0200
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On 28 Oct 2004 18:07:24 +0200, Pascal Obry wrote:

> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
> 
>>> You missed it ! Please have a look at the Get_Line documentation.
>> 
>> What have I missed?
> 
> That when there is nothing more to read Last is set to 0.

How do you know that there *will* be nothing more, when you allocate the
buffer?

> So I don't see the
> problem with Get_Line. You use a small buffer on the stack, and read chunk of
> data at a time.

Re-read my post. If you *can* do it, then you need no Get_Line.

> You are free to write those data where you want in memory or
> on disk or ...

The issue is: what is the best way to get one physical line in one
*contiguous* piece of memory.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de