testreadbuffer.nim

import strutils

const SIZE = 8192
var
  rlen = 0
  totlen = 0

  buf = alloc(SIZE)
  lc = 0
  totlines = 0

while true:
  rlen =  stdin.readBuffer(buf, SIZE)
  if rlen == 0: break
  # does not like the next line.                                                                             
  # how to make it a "string"?                                                                               
  lc = buf.countLines
  echo lc
  totlines.inc(lc)
  totlen.inc(rlen)

echo totlen
echo lc