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:::: Ok, I see what you are saying. I have updated the C implementation to avoid buffer overflow problems. Note that this will not prevent crashes nor erroneous results -- it's only correct if the lines are short enough and if few enough of them are long. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 01:13, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
::::: Er I'd say <code>size <<= 1</code> qualifies as arithmetic operator. You could use the <code>add()</code> function above, but it gets really ugly looking, which is why I didn't bother to begin with. --[[User:Ledrug|Ledrug]] 01:41, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
:::::: It could be replaced by a function which returns the next available size (implemented as a large switch statement). --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 04:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
::In other words, this program will not block for input: <lang c>#include <stdio.h>
main() {
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