Re: Reading input problem

arnuld <sunrise@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

>> On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:58:41 +0100, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>
>> Be careful with your counts.  Most people would say that a 30
>> character words needs a 31 character array to store it.  I'd say
>> your code accepts words up to and including 29 characters.
>
> with maxlength = 30, my function reads 30 characters plus the '\0':

Neither you nor I are in doubt about what the function does -- I was
just asking that you be careful in your comments.  For example, the
above remark is again vague:

(a) the function may read many more than 30 characters;
(b) it does not read the '\0';
(c) it may store up to 30 chars;
(d) the result may be a string as long as 29.

Lots of errors can come from readers believing a program's incorrect
comments or from misunderstanding an ambiguous comment.  I was just
suggesting that you take care when writing them.

-- 
Ben.