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- From: diamond@jit345.bad.jit.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
- Subject: Re: is fflush(stdin) conformant???
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Japan , Tokyo
- References: <MGK.92Nov2131855@cedar.sql.sybase.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 01:54:51 GMT
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- In article <MGK.92Nov2131855@cedar.sql.sybase.com> mgk@sql.sybase.com (Michael Keirnan aka Joe Cool) writes:
- >the instructor has advised flushing stdin in conjunction with using scanf()
- >to "flush the unwanted newline."
-
- This works on some implementations. Ask the student if the course is
- supposed to teach an implementation-dependent style. If it's supposed
- to teach ANSI C, the student should demand a refund of the tuition.
-
- >So what sayeth the gospel on the subject?
-
- Undefined. (But implementations are allowed to define it if they wish.)
- --
- Norman Diamond diamond@jit081.enet.dec.com
- If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.
- "It's been a lovely recession."
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