On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 07:46:25AM +0000, Walter Harms wrote:
> Hi,
> i do not think character is correct it would confuse fseek() it says:
> "The new position, measured in bytes"
ok, v2 already sent.
> to make things more complicated fread has a "size" and returns the
> number of "things" read (" This number equals the number of bytes
> transferred only when size is 1.").
>
> therefor i would suggest to move the success case
> > > +The file position indicator for the stream is advanced by the number
> > > +of characters successfully read or written.
> into the "description section"
ok, let's see what Michael thinks about it.
> And add a word about partial reads into the "return value" section. E.g.
> to make clear what happens when you try to read size=10 while only 4 are left.
>
Isn't it already covered by this fragment:
"If an error occurs, or the end of the file is reached, the return
value is a short item count (or zero)."
?
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