fileread

Function: fileread
Section: programming/specific
C-Name: gp_fileread
Prototype: L
Help: fileread(n): read a logical line from the file attached to the
 descriptor n, opened for reading with fileopen. Return 0 at end of file.
Doc: read a logical line from the file attached to the descriptor $n$, opened
 for reading with \kbd{fileopen}. Return 0 at end of file.

 A logical line is a full command as it is prepared by gp's
 preprocessor (skipping blanks and comments or assembling multiline commands
 between braces) before being fed to the interpreter. The function
 \kbd{filereadstr} would read a \emph{raw} line exactly as input, up to the
 next carriage return \kbd{\bs n}.

 Compare raw lines
 \bprog
 ? n = fileopen("examples/bench.gp");
 ? while(l = filereadstr(n), print(l));
 {
   u=v=p=q=1;
   for (k=1, 2000,
     [u,v] = [v,u+v];
     p *= v; q = lcm(q,v);
     if (k%50 == 0,
       print(k, " ", log(p)/log(q))
     )
   )
 }
 @eprog\noindent and logical lines
 \bprog
 ? n = fileopen("examples/bench.gp");
 ? while(l = fileread(n), print(l));
 u=v=p=q=1;for(k=1,2000,[u,v]=[v,u+v];p*=v;q=lcm(q,v);[...]
 @eprog