RE: Re[2]: [Dev-C++] Cleaning the Input Buffer

[Ioannis V. <iv...@em...>]

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> From: dev...@li... 
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Krzysztof Kapuscik
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 2:10 PM
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: Re[2]: [Dev-C++] Cleaning the Input Buffer
> 
> 
> IV> In the contrary they are simpler, they should not be 
> slower and make the
> IV> program with less lines and more bullet-proof.
> 
> Yes, for sure... And also some problems could happen when mixing stdio
> and iostream code because of separated buffering, for example:
> 
>     printf (" Something")
>     cout << " strange";
>     printf (" happened");                <= here stdout is flushed
>     cout << " with the string";
> 
> could produce:
> 
>       Something happened strange with the string
> 
> I don't know if it is regulated by C++ standard, but some compilers
> make code with "special effects" described above...



The C subset I/O functions use their own buffers (for caching), so printf()
has its own cache buffer while cout has its own.





Ioannis Vranos
 
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