From: Luo Yong <cyberblue.yong@...>
Date: 2006-11-12T19:36:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Controlling readline

On 11/12/06, Paul Lutus <nospam@nosite.zzz> wrote:
> Luo Yong wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > Is there anyway to control the maxium length of the IO.readline can read?
>
> Not really, not from the command line. You can throw away all the length you
> don't want once it has been entered. It is way better to expect more
> characters than you get than to get more than you expect (long sad story
> about C/C++ "gets" snipped here).
>
> Maybe you should describe the problem, rather than asking about this way of
> solving it.
>
> --
> Paul Lutus
> http://www.arachnoid.com
>
>

I'm writing an RPC program.I use readline to read the command.I'm
afraid that my program can be attacked by others if I can't limit the
maxium length the readline can read.So I'm finding a way to control
it.