--- connect4v1.1/bd_string.cpp	2002-09-27 19:20:25.000000000 -0700
+++ connect4v1.1/bd_string.cpp	2002-09-27 19:20:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -4,6 +4,37 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #include "bd_string.h"
+// myGetline:
+// The gcc 3.1 version of the 'getline' function has a bug - it requires
+// two delimiters (e.g. newlines) before it accepts the input
+// See gcc problem report # 6648
+// The 'myGetline' function provides a replacement for 'getline'
+// Sample use:   char name[100];  myGetline(cin, name, 100);
+
+std::istream& myGetline(std::istream& in, char* buffer, std::streamsize n, char delim =
+'\n')
+{
+    if (in.peek() == delim)
+    {
+        // the gcc 3.1 version of the 'get' function fails if there
+        // are no characters before the delimiter (e.g. an empty line).
+        // This would seem to be a bug but the discussion on gcc problem
+        // report # 4419 says that this behaviour accords with the standard.
+
+        buffer[0] = '\0';
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        in.get(buffer, n, delim);
+    }
+
+    if (in.good() && strlen(buffer) < n - 1)
+    {
+        // eat the delimiter
+        in.ignore(1);
+    }
+    return in;
+}
 
 String::String()
 {
@@ -410,7 +441,7 @@
 	
 	temp=new char[maxChar];
 	
-	inputStream.getline(temp, maxChar);
+	myGetline(inputStream, temp, maxChar);
 	*this=temp;
 
 	delete [] temp;