Re: LINE_MAX

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Hi Vincent,

On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 12:26:58AM GMT, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2024-05-20 23:49:13 +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > I think I found a bug in POSIX.1-2017 (and probably, previous ones too,
> > but didn't check).
> 
> I already reported the issue in 2009 about the example:

Thanks!

> See thread "fgets/strtok and LINE_MAX" I started on 2009-09-21
> in the Austin Group mailing-list. It is available on gmane:
> 
> Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail
> From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent-opgr-opTGSl+ZDNkdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> Newsgroups: gmane.comp.standards.posix.austin.general
> Subject: fgets/strtok and LINE_MAX
> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:03:13 +0200
> Lines: 31
> Approved: news@gmane.org
> Message-ID: <20090920230313.GV657@prunille.vinc17.org>
> [...]

Hmmm, how does that thing work?  Any http link available?

> 
> There's the issue with the missing "+1", but also whether
> LINE_MAX < INT_MAX.

I guess the LINE_MAX <? INT_MAX issue is not an actual issue as long as
implementations do the Right Thing and don't set it to >= INT_MAX.

> See also
>   https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=182

Thanks!

Have a lovely day!
Alex

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