EOF considered harmful

[Ian Cottam]

In article <266 at m1.cs.man.ac.uk> ian at r6.UUCP I (Ian Cottam) write:
>Some observations on the little program below (following some recent
>discussions in this group):
>_______________________
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>int
>main()
>{
>	char ch;
>	while ( ! feof(stdin) ) {
>		ch= getchar();
>		putchar(ch);
>	}
>
>	return 0;
>}
>______________________
Whoops! Red face!  Is this any better (he says cautiously)?
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#include <stdio.h>

int
main()
{
	char ch;
	for(;;) {
		ch= getchar();
		if ( feof(stdin) || ferror(stdin) )
			break;
		else
			putchar(ch);
	}

	return 0;
}
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