[PATCH 1/2] readline_simple: return -1 if getc fails

[Gaël PORTAY]

Hi Ian,

On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 11:07:54AM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 08/08/17 08:51, Lucas Stach wrote:
> > Am Montag, den 07.08.2017, 18:10 -0400 schrieb Gaël PORTAY:
> > > The getc function may return an errno code if an error happens.
> > > 
> > > This patch prevents readline from printing a non printable character and
> > > from looping to infinity and beyong.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Gaël PORTAY <gael.portay at savoirfairelinux.com>
> > > ---
> > >   lib/readline_simple.c | 2 ++
> > >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/lib/readline_simple.c b/lib/readline_simple.c
> > > index c4d3d240e..1283c9602 100644
> > > --- a/lib/readline_simple.c
> > > +++ b/lib/readline_simple.c
> > > @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ int readline (const char *prompt, char *line, int len)
> > >   	for (;;) {
> > >   		c = getchar();
> > > +		if (c < 0)
> > > +			return (-1);
> > 
> > I don't like made up error codes. Is there any reason why we couldn't
> > just pass through the negative error code from getchar?
> 
> And also change the type of the 'c' variable, as it is currently a plain
> 'char'?
> 

Indeed :)

Regards,
Gaël