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ok so I was going to ask what fread() does when it partially reads an object, but then I didn’t, because I realised the whole point of it working with “objects” must be so it can ensure the file position is at an object boundary if an error occurs.
JOKE’S ON ME, THIS IS C
![screenshot of the following text from the C11 standard:
[…omitted text to keep image description under 500 characters…] [highlighted by me:] If an error occurs, the resulting value of the file position indicator for the stream is indeterminate. If a partial element is read, its value is indeterminate.](https://social.noyu.me/fileserver/01K5XEEZF4A486Z2PRS7NHG169/attachment/small/01K11WDR5QFF52HJQ0WR8X9DZ6.jpeg "screenshot of the following text from the C11 standard:
[…omitted text to keep image description under 500 characters…] [highlighted by me:] If an error occurs, the resulting value of the file position indicator for the stream is indeterminate. If a partial element is read, its value is indeterminate.")
![screenshot of the following text from the C11 standard:
[…omitted text to keep image description under 500 characters…] [highlighted by me:] If an error occurs, the resulting value of the file position indicator for the stream is indeterminate. If a partial element is read, its value is indeterminate.](https://social.noyu.me/fileserver/01K5XEEZF4A486Z2PRS7NHG169/attachment/original/01K11WDR5QFF52HJQ0WR8X9DZ6.png "screenshot of the following text from the C11 standard:
[…omitted text to keep image description under 500 characters…] [highlighted by me:] If an error occurs, the resulting value of the file position indicator for the stream is indeterminate. If a partial element is read, its value is indeterminate.")
in case you were wondering, no, POSIX does not make this stricter 😭