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> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 01:12:40 -0600
> From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca>
> 
> >Therefore, I think we have some kind of bug here, which should be
> >investigated.  The trick with a signal handler is just a means to ease
> >that investigation.
> 
> The OS vendor probably prefers the term feature. 
> I fail to see why an OS would allow a write, that it has already
> rejected, to complete on fflush() or fclose(). 

This is a misunderstanding: I was talking about a DJGPP bug, not about
the OS bug/feature.  Our library functions should detect this
condition (that a buffer doesn't get written, part of it or all of
it), whether the OS helps us or not.  If we somehow don't detect this,
we should first fix this bug.  After we do, we can discuss what to do
when this condition happens.