Comments on: fread and fwrite demystified: stdio on UNIX V7 https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/03/01/fread-and-fwrite-demystified-stdio-on-unix-v7/ Fun with Virtualization Thu, 08 Mar 2018 04:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: xorhash https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/03/01/fread-and-fwrite-demystified-stdio-on-unix-v7/comment-page-1/#comment-192200 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 04:53:04 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=8209#comment-192200 In reply to neozeed.

I’ll make the next one “(This is a guest post by xorhash.)” be marquee, blinking, font-size 300%, very bold.

That sound good?

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/03/01/fread-and-fwrite-demystified-stdio-on-unix-v7/comment-page-1/#comment-192133 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:00:56 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=8209#comment-192133 In reply to Silas.

Thanks, but this one post was actually from xorhash.

]]> By: Silas https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/03/01/fread-and-fwrite-demystified-stdio-on-unix-v7/comment-page-1/#comment-192129 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:18:16 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=8209#comment-192129 neozeed, thanks so much for the post.Really thank you! Keep writing.

]]> By: John Elliott https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/03/01/fread-and-fwrite-demystified-stdio-on-unix-v7/comment-page-1/#comment-191923 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:26:42 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=8209#comment-191923 “I’m not sure why that &0377 (&0xFF is there.”

Presumably in case char is signed — without masking to 8 bits, signed chars with bit 7 set would be extended to negative ints, which would be detected as EOF.

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