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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:46:07 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Re: 1.7.7: stdio functions block each other in a multithreaded      program
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> [...]
> What you can do for the time being is to use the low-level IO functions
> read and write, rather than the stdio functions fgetc and putchar, since
> only the stdio functions are affected by this.

> I hope to find a solution soon and the bugfix will definitely be in 1.7.8.

> Again, thanks for testcase.  It's highly appreciated.

Nice to hear you appreciate it.

I can confirm that using the low-level IO function 'read' instead of the
scanf
function avoids the issue. For now, I will use this approach.

So for me the issue is solved. Thanks, and good luck finding a solution for
version 1.7.8.


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