* This method is syntactic sugar to prevent these lines of code * from being repeated 32 times. On the other hand, the main reason * for this is

This is an internal function. Its contract is to read a line from * a file into a dynamically allocated buffer, zeroing the trailing * newline if t

Removes the node from the list it's in, if any */

read a floating point number, either integer or real, */ but return `10^scaling' times the number read in */

* Helper gssapi error functions. */

* Helper sspi error functions. */

get current age in minutes

returns a value between 1.0 and -1.0

utility function returns truthfully whether * given character is an alphanumeric. this is * strictly letters and numbers. */

** search function for integers */