From:	Kbwms AT aol DOT com
Message-ID:	<c361c50c.243ba415@aol.com>
Date:	Tue, 6 Apr 1999 13:53:25 EDT
Subject:	Re: v2.03 release: what else has to be done?
To:	dj AT delorie DOT com (DJ Delorie)
CC:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
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Reply-To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

Dear DJ Delorie,

On 04-06-99 at 12:43:12 EST you wrote:
>
> > But I'm unsure whether others have known bugs they'd like to fix in this
> > release.  If so, and if you think the bugs are well-understood and their
> > solution(s) are local enough, or tested well enough, to be safe, please
> > speak up.
>
> I'd like to decide what to do about fflush(stdin) for this release.
> The silent failures generate FAQs; I'd prefer less FAQs.
>

I think that it should clear the contents of the input buffer.  That has
long been the expected behavior, in my experience.  I've written dozens
of programs based on that expectation.


K.B. Williams

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