2 files changed, 15 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/src/input/TextInputStream.cxx b/src/input/TextInputStream.cxx
index d7cb440b3..b90eeacc0 100644
--- a/src/input/TextInputStream.cxx
+++ b/src/input/TextInputStream.cxx
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-bool TextInputStream::ReadLine(std::string &line)
+char *
+TextInputStream::ReadLine()
 {
-	const char *src, *p;
+	char *src, *p;
 
 	do {
 		size_t nbytes;
@@ -46,33 +47,33 @@ bool TextInputStream::ReadLine(std::string &line)
 				buffer.Append(nbytes);
 			else if (error.IsDefined()) {
 				LogError(error);
-				return false;
+				return nullptr;
 			}
 		} else
 			nbytes = 0;
 
 		auto src_p = buffer.Read();
 		if (src_p.IsEmpty())
-			return false;
+			return nullptr;
 
 		src = src_p.data;
 
-		p = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(memchr(src, '\n', src_p.size));
+		p = reinterpret_cast<char*>(memchr(src, '\n', src_p.size));
 		if (p == nullptr && nbytes == 0) {
 			/* end of file (or line too long): terminate
 			   the current line */
 			dest = buffer.Write();
 			assert(!dest.IsEmpty());
-			dest[0] = '\n';
-			buffer.Append(1);
+			dest[0] = 0;
+			buffer.Clear();
+			return src;
 		}
 	} while (p == nullptr);
 
-	size_t length = p - src + 1;
+	buffer.Consume(p - src + 1);
+
 	while (p > src && IsWhitespaceOrNull(p[-1]))
 		--p;
-
-	line = std::string(src, p - src);
-	buffer.Consume(length);
-	return true;
+	*p = 0;
+	return src;
 }
diff --git a/src/input/TextInputStream.hxx b/src/input/TextInputStream.hxx
index 873ecdbda..6f39d22cf 100644
--- a/src/input/TextInputStream.hxx
+++ b/src/input/TextInputStream.hxx
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "util/StaticFifoBuffer.hxx"
 
-#include <string>
-
 class InputStream;
 
 class TextInputStream {
@@ -46,11 +44,9 @@ public:
 	/**
 	 * Reads the next line from the stream with newline character stripped.
 	 *
-	 * @param line a string to put result to
-	 * @return true if line is read successfully, false on end of file
-	 * or error
+	 * @return a pointer to the line, or nullptr on end-of-file or error
 	 */
-	bool ReadLine(std::string &line);
+	char *ReadLine();
 };
 
 #endif