Re: [Vala] Beginners question about keyboard input

["David Keijser" <keijser gmail com>]

Oh, my bad then. Thanks for pointing it out.

2008/12/3 Thomas Chust <chust web de>:
> David Keijser schrieb:
> > [...]
> > I second this. readline is not only better but gets() is not even safe
> > (see man 3 gets)
> > [...]
>
> True. It should be noted, though, that Vala does *not* provide a binding
> for gets(3), but only for fgets(3). The latter function does *not* share
> the inherent buffer overflow risk of gets(3), especially not when used
> via the Vala binding which ensures that the correct length of the target
> buffer is passed in.
>
> cu,
> Thomas