On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, J. David Bryan wrote:
> On 13 Mar 2000, at 11:45, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > If the actual file only has 100 bytes, why is this incorrect?
>
> How do you know the actual file only has 100 bytes? As you suggested, the
> file might grow between the stat call (that sizes the buffer) and the read
> call.
I'm not arguing that the current code in makeinfo is 100% fool-proof. I
am arguing that if the read call reads only 100 characters, and if, by
some magic, the programmer *knows* that will happen, it should be okay to
ask for 200 bytes, and the read call should not bomb on us.
