@node getline
@subsection @code{getline}
@findex getline

POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/getline.html}

Gnulib module: getline
@mindex getline

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, Solaris 10, mingw, MSVC 14, Android 4.2.
@item
This function is missing a declaration on some platforms:
AIX 7.1.
@item
Some platforms provide a function by this name but with the wrong
signature, for example in -linet.
@item
This function crashes when passed a pointer to a NULL buffer together with a
pointer to a non-zero buffer size on some platforms:
FreeBSD 8.0.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function has quadratic running time for long lines on some platforms:
uClibc 0.9.31.
@end itemize
