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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KExtendedSocket: putch sends int instead of char
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiagom () wanadoo ! fr>
Date:       2002-01-30 18:58:52
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Erik Sigra wrote
>It seems like "int getch ()" really only removes a character from the
> stream, as it should. Is this correct?

Correct.

>But "int putch (int ch)" sends an integer. The first byte will contain the
>intended character and the other 3 bytes will contain garbage, in this case
>"Ìëÿ" (204, 235, 255). This causes problems at the other end of the
>connection. My test program had to skip 3 characters after each read. This
>seems like an annoying bug.

Huh... sorry. My bad. A simple typo caused all that hassle. I've fixed it, but 
I'll have to wait to commit to CVS (we're right now frozen for the release of 
beta2).

And, yes, it's supposed to send one character (one byte) only.

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