Re: [ros-kernel] New proposed fix: for getchar

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At 10.29 02/05/2002, you wrote:
>Ok the rational behind this fix:
>- the console cannot be in line mode to get a single char (and return 
>immediately after, which is what getchar requires)

not sure. Stdio FILE objects are supposed, AFAIK, to maintain their 
internal buffer, exactly to avoid the overhead of a system call to read a 
single character

>- the console mode setting shouldn't be done in getc() or any lower 
>because they work with any kind of file (getchar is specific towards stdin)

it shouldn't be done anywhere, mainly for thread safety