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diff --git a/lib/linebuffer.h b/lib/linebuffer.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000..13abe18c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/linebuffer.h @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +/* linebuffer.h -- declarations for reading arbitrarily long lines + Copyright (C) 1986, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) + any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ + +/* A `struct linebuffer' holds a line of text. */ + +struct linebuffer +{ + long size; /* Allocated. */ + long length; /* Used. */ + char *buffer; +}; + +#ifdef __STDC__ +/* Initialize linebuffer LINEBUFFER for use. */ +void initbuffer (struct linebuffer *linebuffer); + +/* Read an arbitrarily long line of text from STREAM into LINEBUFFER. + Remove any newline. Does not null terminate. + Return LINEBUFFER, except at end of file return 0. */ +struct linebuffer *readline (struct linebuffer *linebuffer, FILE *stream); + +/* Free linebuffer LINEBUFFER and its data, all allocated with malloc. */ +void freebuffer (struct linebuffer *); +#else +void initbuffer (); +struct linebuffer *readline (); +void freebuffer (); +#endif |