| @node gets | |
| @section @code{gets} | |
| @findex gets | |
| Removed in POSIX.1-2024. | |
| POSIX.1-2017 specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/gets.html} | |
| Gnulib module: --- | |
| Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: | |
| @itemize | |
| @end itemize | |
| Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: | |
| @itemize | |
| @item | |
| This function is removed in POSIX.1-2024. | |
| Use the function @code{fgets} instead. | |
| @item | |
| This function should never be used, because it can overflow any given buffer. | |
| @item | |
| This function is missing on some platforms: | |
| OpenBSD 7.5, Solaris 11.4. | |
| @item | |
| When reading from a non-blocking pipe whose buffer is empty, this function | |
| fails with @code{errno} being set to @code{EINVAL} instead of @code{EAGAIN} on | |
| some platforms: | |
| mingw, MSVC 14. | |
| @item | |
| On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function does not set @code{errno} | |
| upon failure. | |
| @end itemize | |