diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md index ce4fd7f07..4601244e3 100644 --- a/thanks-for-fixes.md +++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md @@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ tool](https://github.com/xexyl/sgit). ## Typo fixes and consistency improvements -Cody made many, many typ0 (... :-) ) fixes throughout the README.md files, -scripts, other data files, Makefiles (see above) etc. +Cody, being the IOCCC's resident corrections officer :-) (and a fine one at +that, according to us :-) ), made many, many typ0 (... :-) ) fixes throughout +the README.md files, scripts, other data files, Makefiles (see above) etc. He also updated the formatting of the README.md files (after renaming the old files to README.md) to proper markdown. @@ -115,6 +116,15 @@ would see: $ warning: this program uses gets(), which is unsafe. ``` +whereas without the warning it's much easier to see that it's a prompt. + +In some entries this change is not possible, in one-liners it might make them +too long and in some entries it's more complicated than others because of the +annoying fact that for '"compatibility" reasons' `fgets()` retains the newline +and `gets()` does not. Nevertheless some of the entries have been updated this +way for the reasons described above and in the [FAQ](/faq.md). + + ## [1984/anonymous](1984/anonymous/anonymous.c) ([README.md](1984/anonymous/README.md)) Cody fixed this to work for macOS.