[Win32utils-devel] win32-file: nread and nwrite

[win32utils-devel at rubyforge.org]

Hi,
> Hi all,
> 
> I've got alpha versions of nread and nwrite now added to the win32-file
> class in CVS.  They seem to work fine, although I've noticed one bug in
> the File#read method.  Let's say we have a text file with "hello world"
> in it.  If I call nread with no arguments, it works fine:
> 
> fh = File.nopen("C:\\test.txt")
> p fh.nread -> "hello world"
> fh.close
> 
> But, if I try to specify an argument, it seems to always want to return
> 9 to 11 bytes for some reason:
> 
> fh = File.nopen("C:\\test.txt")
> p fh.nread(5) -> "hello\001u\002\003\000\002"
> fh.close
> 
> How is it picking up these extra bytes?
> 
> Let's modify test.txt to add the strings "this is a test" and "1 2 3" on
> their own lines.  Now, if we modify our code again to read, say, 15
> bytes, it works fine:
> 
> fh = File.nopen("C:\\test.txt")
> p fh.nread(15) -> "hello world\r\nth"
> fh.close
> 
> So, that works as expected.  Why is it acting weird with strings under
> 12 bytes?
> 
> Dan
> 
That is due to a common pitfall of malloc :)

Insert
   memset(lpBuffer,0x00,dwBytesToRead+1);
after
   lpBuffer = (char*)malloc(dwBytesToRead+1);

Regards,

Park Heesob



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