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Subject: Re: Undertaking a programming journey
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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:18:53 -0500
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"ChuckEasttom" wrote:
> Richard Heathfield wrote:
>
> > Schildt is probably the primary reason that so many C programmers
> > think fflush(stdin) is a "neat trick".
>
> Whether you or even I like it, that piece of code is a part of the C
> language.

No, it's not. Using fflush() on the input stream envokes undefined behavior.
See "The C Programming Language" by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M.
Ritchie: Appendix B, section B1.1, page 242.