Re: file:read("*n") reference manual entry improvement

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> Mmmh, I did some investigations and I'm not completely sure it is a bug,
> although the C89 standard is *really* murky on the subject. According to
> the standard (a draft document I found long ago on the Internet whose
> number is not specified, I hope you have a copy of the actual C89
> standard to check my references):

I have a copy of C99...

Anyway, it seems we both agree the C documentation is quite convoluted
about this topic.  So, the question remains whether it is worth trying
to explain something similar in the Lua manual, versus leaving it open
to the user's imagination or own tests...

-- Roberto