Character Manipulation Function
char* gets(char* buffer);
wchar_t* _getws(wchar_t* buffer);
TCHAR* _getts(TCHAR* buffer);.
Internationalization (I18n) Function Overview
The gets function reads a line from standard input (stdin), and stores the null-terminated string in buffer. It returns null in the event of an error, or else a pointer to buffer.
_getws is only supported on Windows platforms and is the wide-character version of gets; its argument and return are wide-character string buffers.
_getts is the Windows-only Generic version of the function; with the _MBCS or _UNICODE compiler flags determining its mapping to either gets or _getws.
I18n Issues
Use the appropriate version of the function as required for internationalization support, noting the following:
Because there is no way to limit the number of characters read by gets and _getws, they should not be used.
Instead, on Windows, use a more secure string function, and on ANSI UTF-8 platforms, use getline.
Otherwise, on all platforms, consider using a version of the function fgets, which avoids buffer overruns
by passing in a maximum number of characters to read.
See Character I/O for a discussion on non-ASCII character
input/output in an internationalized application.
Recommended Replacements*
As mentioned above, on Windows platforms, a more secure string function should be used;
whereas, on ANSI platforms, use getline rather than gets.
Otherwise, use the appropriate variation of the safer fgets function.
These are shown in preferred order in the following table:
*If you're already using the recommended function, see I18n Issues for other reasons why Globalyzer is detecting the function.
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