Date:	Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:19:09 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: scanf/gets bug?
In-Reply-To:	<36466CB2.A63AC266@cartsys.com>
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Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> `getch' does what you expect since it (if I recall correctly) reads
> directly from the console instead of going through stdio streams.

A minor nitpicking: ``directly from console'' might mislead someone to
think that it reads from the console device.  This isn't true: `getch'
actually reads from file handle 0 (standard input) and thus can be
redirected to read from a file.

It *is* true that `getch' bypasses the stdio buffering machinery.

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