Re: stdout.flush

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 5/25/16 2:09 PM, Charles Hixson via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
Using:
dmd --version
DMD64 D Compiler v2.071.0
on debian Linux, and importing:
import    std.stdio;

the line:
     flush();
causes:
nt.d(29): Error: undefined identifier 'flush', did you mean function
'fflush'?

This appears solved by doing stdout.flush;  (compiles, but I'm still
writing the code) but as write, writef, etc. don't require explicitly
mentioning stdout, I think that the documentation for flush should
mention that the file must be specified.  Currently it seems to imply
that all files will be flushed.

write, writef, etc. are all forwarding functions to stdout.write, 
stdout.writef, etc. It's not that it doesn't require mentioning stdout, 
it's that you have a shortcut defined.

Just like C has printf, and fprintf, we have both. But because this 
isn't C, we don't need to change the name :)

flush as a standalone function is not supported at this time. I doubt it 
will be.

-Steve