From: comeau AT panix DOT com (Greg Comeau)
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Subject: Re: Undertaking a programming journey
Date: 16 Oct 2000 20:48:57 -0400
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In article <3uJG5.4922$gX34 DOT 96534735 AT news DOT randori DOT com>,
Wavemaker <wavemaker AT my-deja DOT com> wrote:
>
>"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.


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