Consider the following C code sequence:

while (fread(&thing, sizeof(data_t), 1, fp) == 1) {
// process item that was read
...
}

If this code sequence and function call appears in a program, it can be reasonably expected:

Question

Consider the following C code sequence:

while (fread(&thing, sizeof(data_t), 1, fp) == 1) {
        // process item that was read
        ...
    }

If this code sequence and function call appears in a program, it can be reasonably expected:

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To begin, consider what the code is doing: it repeatedly calls fread to read one item of size sizeof(data_t) from the file pointer fp into the object thing, and it loops as long as exactly one item was read. This implies that fp must be a FILE* opened for reading, and that the file contains zero or more objects of type data_t; the loop will terminate when fread returns a value other than 1, which happens at end-of-file or on an error.
Option 1: 'That thing is an object of type data_t, that fp is a pointer to a FILE object that is open for reading, and that the corresponding file contains exactly one object of type data_t'. This is inconsistent with the loop condition, which allows for zero or more objects to be present, and the loop would terminate after the first read if only one existed. The possibility of multiple reads or zero reads makes this option misleading.
Option 2: 'That thing is an object of type data_t, that fp is a pointer to a FILE object that is open for writing, and that thing is to to be written to the corresponding file'. The code reads, not writes, so fp must be opened for reading, not writing. The description here contradicts the actual operation of fread in the loop.
Option 3: 'That thing is an object of type data_t, that fp is a pointer to a FILE object that is open for reading, and that the corresponding file contains zero or more objects of type data_t'. This aligns with the behavior of the loop: data_t is read from the file, fp points to a readable FILE, and the file may have any nonnegative number of data_t records, including zero, in which case the loop would not iterate. This option accurately captures the realistic expectations of the code.
Option 4: 'That thing is an object of type data_t, that fp is a pointer to a FILE object that is open for reading, and that the corresponding file contains one or more objects of type data_t'. This claims at least one object exists, but the file could be empty (zero objects); the loop would simply not execute in that case, so this overstates the minimum content of the file.
Option 5: 'That data_t is an object of type thing, that fp is a pointer to a FILE object that is open for reading, and that the corresponding file contains exactly one object of type data_t'. Here, it mislabels the type of data_t as 'thing' and again asserts exactly one object, which is inconsistent with the loop that accepts zero or more and with the standard typedef naming of data_t. The mismatch in type terminology and the rigid quantity make this option incorrect.

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Consider the following C code sequence: while (fread(&thing, sizeof(data_t), 1, fp) == 1) { // process item that was read ... } If this code sequence and function call appears in a program, it can be reasonably expected:

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