[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57596] Should the "len" argument of "fgetl" and "fgets" mean bytes or characters

[Kai Torben Ohlhus]

Update of bug #57596 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Need Info              

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Follow-up Comment #1:

In the manual https://octave.org/doc/v5.1.0/XREFfgetl.html there is

> len characters

but you are right.  I think this was written in the common believe 1 char = 1
byte.

As user I would expect "len" characters to be read.  What is the point of
reading a damaged UTF-8 encoded character at the limit of "len" bytes?  But as
it is a pure Octave extension, we are free to change/specify that interface,
or to deprecate this parameter.  grep-ing the Octave sources shows, that it is
unused.

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