binio-fgetstring


Synopsis

(binio-fgetstring <istream>)

Description

Reads a string (terminated by '\r\n' or 0x0A 0x0D) from an open input stream, opened with (binio-fopen fn "r")

All escape characters or special characters are read as they are, no special '\n' to '\r\n' conversion is done.

Dependant on an external library: So far only binio.fas for ViLL or vlisp is implemented.

Arguments

istream: internal object representation of a binary file, opened for input.

Return Value

A string or nil on EOF

Side Effects

Advances the file pointer.

Module

(std-require-external 'BINIO)

Defined in BINIO