Re: [Dev-C++] Dev-cpp support for getline

[Dave S. <da...@da...>]

Many thanks to Per and others for their quick relies. Back to the 
tutorials...

Dave Sergeant

On 12 Oct 2004 at 0:11, Per Westermark wrote:

> Sorry, no getline() with the C libraries for MinGW.
> 
> However, before starting to use gnu-specific extensions, I woule
> really recommend you to think twice. If you are working on gnu tools,
> it might be a good decision, but for most other C programming, I think
> it is better to rely on standardized functions.
> 
> /Per W
> 
> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Dave Sergeant wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > I am in the process of coming to grips with C and eventually C++ and
> > working through various tutorials, currently the GNU C Programming
> > Tutorial by Mark Burgess. I am running Dev-cpp 4.9.9.0 on Windows
> > 98SE.
> >
> > The tutorial stresses the use of getline, getdelim, and other
> > functions introduced with GNU C instead of the deprecated scanf etc.
> >
> > But I can't seem to get getline to work with dev-cpp. If I try and
> > compile the program below, which is from the tutorial, I get a
> > linker error 'undefined reference to 'getline' '.
> >
> > I have tried searching this mailing list and the forums and cannot
> > find a solution, apart from getting the impression that others seem
> > to be able to use it with no problem.
> >
> > Do I need to download an updated <stdio.h> or other library?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dave Sergeant

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