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From: "Paul Edwards" <mutazilah@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: encapsulating directory operations
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 07:52:27 +1000
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"Scott Lurndal" <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote in message
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> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
> >"Paul Edwards" <mutazilah@gmail.com> writes:
>
>  <snip>
>
> >>
> >> See if a stream is known to have characters in it.
> >
> >I'd need a more precise explanation.  Does it just return a
> >true/false value?  If so, how does it differ from feof() and/or
> >ferror()?  What would it do on an interactive stream?  What is the
> >use case?
>
> Moreover, what is the definition of 'character' in this context?

Something that fgetc() would be able to consume without blocking.

BFN. Paul.