-#include <stdint.h> /* for uint16_t */
+#include <stdint.h> /* for uint8_t, uint16_t */
#include <stdio.h> /* for FILE typedef */
#include "yx_uint16.h" /* for yx_uint16 coordinates */
struct World;
-/* Learn from "file" the largest line length (pointed to by "linemax_p") and
- * (pointed to by "n_lines_p" if it is not set to NULL) the number of lines.
+/* Learn from "file" the largest line length (pointed to by "linemax_p"; length
+ * includes newline chars) and (pointed to by "n_lines_p" if it is not set to
+ * NULL) the number of lines (= number of newline chars).
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, 1 on error of fseek() (called to return to initial file
+ * reading position).
*/
-extern void textfile_sizes(FILE * file, uint16_t * linemax_p,
- uint16_t * n_lines_p);
+extern uint8_t textfile_sizes(FILE * file, uint16_t * linemax_p,
+ uint16_t * n_lines_p);