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author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:56:17 +0200
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@node gets
@section @code{gets}
@findex gets

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/gets.html}

Gnulib module: stdio, nonblocking

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{stdio}, together with module @code{nonblocking}:
@itemize
@item
When reading from a non-blocking pipe whose buffer is empty, this function
fails with @code{errno} being set to @code{EINVAL} instead of @code{EAGAIN} on
some platforms:
mingw, MSVC 9.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function should never be used, because it can overflow any given buffer.
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does not set @code{errno}
upon failure.
@end itemize