Re: KI_FILE count precondition

Bernd Schoeller wrote:
> Perhaps the documentation string of 'read_string' could  
> be updated to say clearly that read_string might read less than specified.  
> Obviously, I has to read at least one character.

Done, and committed in CVS.

>>> It would be best if there was a 'read_string(-1)' that would just read  
>>> in
>>> everything available.
>> This -1 is very ugly. This might be common practice in
>> other languages, but in Eiffel I would prefer to have a new
>> feature `read_all' or `read_to_end' or something like that.
>> Then I wonder whether this routine should write to `last_string'
>> or to a string given as argument (like `read_to_string').
> 
> True, I think such a functionality would be very helpful, as many people  
> have probably the same problem and a common solution with a reasonable  
> buffer size would prevent common mistakes.

This will be added only after the release.

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