From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: A funny thing happened!
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 08:46:19 -0700
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Lawrence Kirby wrote:

> 7.9.3 does *not* guarantee that stdout's buffer is flushed before a
> character is read:
> 
> 1. it doesn't guarantee that stdout refers to an interactive device
> 
> 2. even if it does the stream can be line buffered and there is no
>    new-line character being output above.

That's not the way I read it:

    "Furthermore, characters are intended to be transmitted as a block to
    the host environment when a buffer is filled, when inputi s requested
    on an unbuffered stream, or when input is requested on a line buffered
    stream that requires the transmission of characters from the host
    environment" (ANSI C 7.9.3).

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