Date:	Fri, 13 Jun 1997 12:27:37 -0700
From:	Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject:	Re: size of stdio buffer
To:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Cc:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Reply-to:	billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz
Message-id:	<33A19F29.31E@blackmagic.tait.co.nz>
Organization:	Tait Electronics NZ
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References:	<199706122259 DOT SAA21535 AT delorie DOT com>

DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> Would it make sense to have stdio's buffer fill dynamic - start at 512
> bytes, and double with each read() (up to BUFSIZ) but reset on each
> lseek() ?

Sounds reasonable. I take it the buffer is still static (just the amount
used changes) as having a dynamic buffer would be bad for speed and
memory usage.

Bill
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