C Quirk??

[Eddie Wyatt]

> >
> >#define               clearline()             while (getchar() != '\n')
> 
> This is seriously bad code.  What if stdin reaches end of file?
> 

   It loops forever -- oops.  Change that to 

#define clearline() while (1) {int ch = getchar(); \
                         if ((ch == EOF) || (ch =='\n')) break; }

 
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Eddie Wyatt 				e-mail: edw at ius1.cs.cmu.edu