fixes nim-lang#21273; fixes an io.readLine off by one bug [backport 1…

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fixes nim-lang#21273; io.readLine off by one

lib/std/syncio.nim

@@ -484,11 +484,12 @@ proc readLine*(f: File, line: var string): bool {.tags: [ReadIOEffect],
       if last > 0 and line[last-1] == '\c':
         line.setLen(last-1)
         return last > 1 or fgetsSuccess
-        # We have to distinguish between two possible cases:
+      elif last > 0 and line[last-1] == '\0':
+        # We have to distinguish among three possible cases:
         # \0\l\0 => line ending in a null character.
         # \0\l\l => last line without newline, null was put there by fgets.
-      elif last > 0 and line[last-1] == '\0':
-        if last < pos + sp - 1 and line[last+1] != '\0':
+        #   \0\l => last line without newline, null was put there by fgets.
+        if last >= pos + sp - 1 or line[last+1] != '\0': # bug #21273
           dec last
       line.setLen(last)
       return last > 0 or fgetsSuccess

tests/stdlib/tio.nim

@@ -36,3 +36,21 @@ block: # readChars
         break
     doAssert n2s == @[2,2,2,1,0]
     doAssert s2 == s
+
+
+import std/strutils
+
+block: # bug #21273
+  let FILE = buildDir / "D20220119T134305.txt"
+
+  let hex = "313632313920313632343720313632353920313632363020313632393020323035363520323037323120323131353020323239393820323331303520323332313020323332343820323332363820"
+
+
+  writeFile FILE, parseHexStr(hex)
+
+  doAssert readFile(FILE).toHex == hex
+
+  let f = open(FILE)
+  var s = newString(80)
+  while f.readLine(s):
+    doAssert s.toHex == hex