[Flex-devel] api change for [yy]input()

[Nate R. <na...@go...>]

I recently discovered that the behavior of input() has changed from
returning EOF at end of file to returning 0. Searching around I came across
a closed github issue (https://github.com/westes/flex/issues/212), but this
really feels like something for the mailing list. So:

Why change this return value, potentially breaking callers? Is it simply
because Apple chose to do so (
https://opensource.apple.com/source/flex/flex-26/patches/scanEOF.diff.auto.html)?
If that's the case, perhaps the man page should be updated to match.

I did my best to search for discussion around December 2015 on this mailing
list but didn't see any; please feel free to just point me to an existing
thread if this has already been covered.

Best,

--nate