Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 16:54:41 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Diego Zuccato <dz AT bo DOT dada DOT it>
cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Transfer buffer (Was: Re: fread slowstart)
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On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Diego Zuccato wrote:

> It's not possible that a tb is altered out of libc contol, right ?

Wrong.  Application code is free to use the transfer buffer also.

> I don't remember libc functions that assume that tb isn't altered.

I don't think any of them do, right now.  But this doesn't change 
anything, because having the contents of tb change under your feet is 
IMHO a Bad Thing.  It requires the library maintainer to be acutely aware 
at all times that such a possibility exists, and that ain't easy.