[ruby-core:94369] [Ruby master Bug#8427] gets method truncates strings longer than 255 characters in Windows 7

Issue #8427 has been updated by jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans).

Backport deleted (1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN)
Status changed from Open to Closed

I tried using `gets` with a string with 300 characters on Windows 10, and was not able to reproduce the error (no string truncation).  I tried with various versions of Ruby as far back as 1.9.3.  I'm not sure if this is still a problem on Windows 7 or not with the master branch, but Windows 7 is almost out of support.  If anyone is still affected by this issue, please post here and we can reopen.

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Bug #8427: gets method truncates strings longer than 255 characters in Windows 7
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8427#change-80782

* Author: jen (Jen Marsh)
* Status: Closed
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: ruby 2.0.0p195 (2013-05-14) [x64-mingw32]
* Backport: 
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When using the gets method from a Windows 7 command line (or XP according to other users), long input strings are truncated to 255 characters.  Here is an example of code:
    puts "Enter long string"
    long_string = gets
    puts "size of string : #{long_string.length}"
    puts "string: #{long_string}" 
For input strings of length exceeding 255 characters, the entered string is always truncated to 255 characters.



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