Added readLine function to the IO module

releases.md

@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 
 ## Changes
 
-- Added factorial function to Math module
-- Added toStringList function to String module
-- Added Contained instance to Map
-- Added Show instance to primitive arrays
-- Added <primitiveArray>FromList functions to Array module
+- Added `factorial` function to `Math` module
+- Added `toStringList` function to `String` module
+- Added `Contained` instance to `Map`
+- Added `Show` instance to primitive arrays
+- Added `<primitiveArray>FromList` functions to `Array` module
+- Added `readLine` function to the `IO` module
 - Added range support for `BigInteger` and `BigDecimal`
 - Made `^` operator generic and added implementation for `Float64`, `BigInteger` and `BigDecimal`
 

src/main/resources/novah/io.novah

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import novah.list as List
 
 foreign import java.io.File
 foreign import java.lang.CharSequence
+foreign import java.lang.System
 foreign import java.nio.charset.Charset
 foreign import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 foreign import java.nio.file.Files
@@ -104,4 +105,9 @@ writeText file text =
 pub
 appendText : File -> String -> Path
 appendText file text =
-  writeTextToPath file#toPath() text utf8 [Append, Create]
+  writeTextToPath file#toPath() text utf8 [Append, Create]
+
+// Reads a line from standard input.
+pub
+readLine : Unit -> String
+readLine _ = System#console()#readLine()