readline ( prompt -- str )
Readline

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Vocabulary
readline

Inputs

prompt

a string

Outputs

str

a string

Word description
Read a line from using readline.

Definition

USING: alien.strings destructors io.encodings.utf8 kernel libc
readline.ffi sequences ;

IN: readline

: readline ( prompt -- str )
    [
        readline [
            |free utf8 alien>string
            [ [ add_history ] unless-empty ] keep
        ] [ f ] if*
    ] with-destructors ;