io/fgetl.h

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/* author: Andrew I. Schein -*- c++ -*- */

/*
  nps_fgetl is supposed to behave exactly like GNU's getline(), except 
  more portable.
 */

#ifndef NPS_FGETL_H 
#define NPS_FGETL_H
#if !defined BUILDING_fast_getl && !defined NPS_SMALL
#    define NPS_FGETL_LKG static inline
#else
#    define NPS_FGETL_LKG extern
#endif

#ifndef NPS_FGETL_SIZE
#define NPS_FGETL_SIZE 1028
#endif

#if NPS_FGETL_SIZE < 8
#error "NPS_FGETL_SIZE should be >= 8"
#endif

#include <stdlib.h>
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>


/* 

   extern inline ssize_t nps_fgetl(char **buf,size_t *n, FILE *stream) {

   Gets a line of text resizing the buffer as needed.  Returns number
   of bytes read.  Returns -1 on failure to read a line could be a real failure or just
   an end of file.  The caller is responsible for checking ferror().
   
*/

NPS_FGETL_LKG ssize_t nps_fgetl(char **, size_t *, FILE *);



#endif

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