Re: stdin help

Alastair wrote:
> >
> > Please don't answer off-topic queries with off-topic material.
> > Limit your reply to suggestions as to where to look. The reason is
> > that the experts who can correct any errors you might make are not
> > here to make those corrections, so bad advice may not be caught.
> >
>
> What!??!!
> you're above comments are just not required here - please do not reply
> unless you have somthing useful to add.

But his comments were useful, yours were not.

> I was using the C++ example as an illustration of a way it could be
> done, so that I could explain how you cannot easily do this in C
> (therefore to do with the C language).

It's pretty easy to say, "you can't do that in Standard C, check your
implementation's documentation for details" without going through the
completely-offtopic "illustration" you provided.

> Also if I think a solution can
> be done better in a different language I won't hesitate to suggest it
> (even if this is the C forum)...
> And further - I'll answer anything that I can help with.

But you are not helping. The OP asked how to do this in C, since this
cannot be done in Standard C any discussion of how to do this is
off-topic and the OP is best served by being directed to a group that
deals with his platform since he is more likely to find useful answers
from people who know what they are talking about.

Robert Gamble

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