Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 17:21:23 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Morten Welinder <terra AT diku DOT dk>
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: reminder: write.c
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On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Morten Welinder wrote:

> We need to do something about write.c which uses huge amounts
> of memory in certain cases.

DJ posted a version that moves data directly to the transfer buffer,
without allocating even a byte.  That is why the substitute for `__write'
in Emacs sources will not compile when DJGPP goes to 2.01 (so if we
forget, the bug will raise its ugly head and remind us).