Date:	Thu, 8 Apr 1999 11:34:02 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: v2.03 release: what else has to be done?
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On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, DJ Delorie wrote:

> 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'm not sure that the cause is fflush itself.  People who ask these
questions don't call fflush just for the sake of it; they do something
else after calling fflush, and *that* is the part which doesn't work
and that triggers questions.

Now, if somebody could describe what is it that doesn't work after
fflush, perhaps we could solve the problem in a way that doesn't
destroy all 16KB of my buffered data ;-).

In any case, I suggest that everybody bears in mind that this is a
bugfix release: any new features should be out, unless they are simple
and localized enough that we are sure no harm will ever be done.
Otherwise, we will need a long beta period, which would fly in the
face of the reason for this release: to correct a couple of grave
bugs, like the profiling stuff, in v2.02 and provide users with a
stable version so we could all relax for a while ;-).

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