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From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Malloc/free DJGPP code
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> Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 06:39:16 -0500
> From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> > 
> > Why do you need to mix fwrite and write?  Why not use write alone?
> 
> The write is needed for the internal debuggery, which is entirely
> turned off (and excised) by NDEBUG.  The external debuggery can
> only function after initialization, so doesn't need the write
> provisions at all.  Using fwrite etc. (really fprintf) makes the
> external stuff purely standard after the single call to the
> non-standard _sysmalloc().

I still don't see why can't you settle with _write alone.  If you
need to print numerical values, a simply function, like itox in
dpmiexcp.c, will suffice.  You don't need all the bloat in fprintf
and its subroutines, and you solve the buffering issue as a bonus.

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