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Re: LYNX-DEV TODO page (was Re: #38...)


From: Foteos Macrides
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV TODO page (was Re: #38...)
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 19:13:12 -0500 (EST)

"T.E.Dickey" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>      Note that fflush(), like sleep(), is considered a universally
>> portable external library function (but so is remove() :) :).
>not to argue - but this is something that I've found doesn't work (on
>SunOS, Solaris, HPUX).  For whatever reason, invoking 'sleep()' causes
>the outgoing text to be held up (and, yes, I've tried using fflush() -
>the 'sleep()' immediately after still holds it up).

        OK, but the current "tradition" is then to add an internal
function, as in the case of strncomp() and strncasecomp().  It need
                                 ^                  ^           
not actually have "internal code" (could be a maze of #ifdef'ing
amenable to autoconf'ing), but the occassional contributors can
still use it as a "universally portable" function without need for
knowledge about what actually is available/works across all of the
supported platforms/flavors, and those who do have such knowledge
can keep tweaking it as required.

                                Fote

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