PE> That is the only point - safety.  The only time you should use
PE> something like gets is when you can guarantee that the strings
PE> entered won't be bigger than the internal buffer, because you
PE> know the content of the data, because it is computer generated.
PE> And if it's computer-generated data, it's a bit suspicious that
PE> it's coming from stdin, which normally represents user input!

FA> So would you consider using editgets from snippets instead of gets() ?

Sorry, I don't know that function.  It is unlikely to be
portable.  I use fgets() from stdin.  BFN.  Paul.
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