Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:28:02 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Bug no. 277
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On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Mark E. wrote:

> > > But when I added clearerr(stdin) to bug 277's sample 
> > > program, it made no difference. So I have to conclude that it's a 
> > > libstdc++ and not a DJGPP problem .
> > 
> > So this probably means that libstdc++ doesn't use the stdin stream at all,
> > right?
> 
> It does use the stdio stream.

This seems to contradict your observation that "clearerr(stdin)" in
the C++ program doesn't solve the problem, whereas in a C program it
does.

> Also, I did get #277's program to work 
> after changing 'int q' to 'char q' along with the clearerr(stdin) call. 

That's because "char q" simply reads the ^Z character, I think.