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Re: Problem with line buffering and getc function on 1.7.33.


On Mar 11 16:05, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> We can reproduce the problem with just file streams using
> a much simpler program:
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> int main(void)
> {
>   FILE *out = fopen("file", "w+");
>   setvbuf(out, (char *) NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
>   getc(out);
>   clearerr(out);
>   fseek(out, 0, SEEK_SET);
>   putc('a', out);
>   putc('b', out);
>   putc('c', out);
>   putc('d', out);
>   putc('e', out);
>   putc('\n', out);
>   fclose(out);
>   return 0;
> }
> 
> The contents of file end up being "\n": one empty
> line, instead of "abcde\n":
> 
>   $ cat file
> 
>   $

Thanks for the testcase.  I can reproduce the issue and I see where the
problem occurs, but I'm still puzzled.  Comparing the code in our newlib
C library with its BSD counterparts, I could swear the same behaviour
happens on OpenBSD as well.  If not (which needs testing), I wonder why
and where newlib's actually different.  Right now I don't see the
difference.


Corinna

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