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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: Roff in C bugs?
Message-ID: <782@gloria.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-Jan-85 20:34:45 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan  5 20:34:45 1985
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Organization: SUNY-Buffalo Computer Sci.
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> The posted version of this program does not work and was apparently
> never tested.  As posted, any request at the beginning of a text file
> causes the whole file to be skipped because of a logic error in the
> basic input routine, called "suck()."  It is well named.  Leading
> spaces do not cause a line break since the logic to do this is missing.
> Blank lines disappear.  Doubtless there are other bugs as well.
> 
> Pity.  Would have been useful.

It was tested, but not thoroughly.  Anyway, you're right about the
line breaks - not implemented.  I haven't been able to duplicate
the problem with a request at the beginning of the file.  Can you
give an example?
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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