From: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:19:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] remote-testsvn.c: Avoid the getline() GNU extension function
Message-ID: <503FA0B4.6010401@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <CABPQNSZfUO-vjVmBU2+CMbxTXMj_HT=cTFfVbnehUjqOL-vkxw@mail.gmail.com>

Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Ramsay Jones
> <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> The getline() function is a GNU extension (you need to define
>> _GNU_SOURCE before including stdio.h) and is, therefore, not
>> portable. In particular, getline() is not available on MinGW.
> 
> Actually, getline is a POSIX-2008 feature, so it's not (simply) a GNU extension:
> 
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getline.html

Thanks for the reference. I hadn't noticed this being included into
POSIX. Well, it's only been four years ... :-D

Thanks again.

ATB,
Ramsay Jones