On 2010-11-09, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > I've been wondering why C programmers keep writing code susceptible to > buffer overruns ;=).
Because we're dumb! (Actually, in my defense, my code almost never, if ever, has buffer overruns. I do in some rare cases have truncation issues with sufficiently ridiculous input data.) > Your two 'nitpicks' about fflush have both come up on this list as real > issues causing people problems. So I agree that it needs to be explained > properly and completely as you suggest. Huh. Since Schildt fell out of favor, I've almost never seen people trying to fflush(stdin), and the update rules are weird enough that I don't think I've ever seen anyone try to use it. :) -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
