Why does readln include the line terminator?
Andrei Alexandrescu
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Tue Apr 14 19:53:17 PDT 2009
Daniel Keep wrote:
>
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> Right now readln preserves the separator. The newer File.byLine
>> eliminates it by default and offers to keep it by calling
>> File.byLine(KeepTerminator.yes). The allowed terminators are one
>> character or a string. See
>>
>> http://erdani.dreamhosters.com/d/web/phobos/std_stdio.html#byLine
>>
>> I consider such an API adequate but insufficient; we need to add to it.
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>
> Why not:
>
> char[] line, sep;
> line = File.byLine(); // discard sep
> line = File.byLine(sep); // pass sep out
>
> The separator is likely to be more useful once extracted.
And how about when sep is elaborate (e.g. regex)?
Andrei
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