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Subject: Re: XP bug? (code fragment)

Author: Bas Hamstra

Date: 13:55:51 08/27/04

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On August 27, 2004 at 16:06:52, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 27, 2004 at 14:28:06, Bas Hamstra wrote:
>
>>The following program gives me other output in XP than under previous windows
>>versions:
>>
>>#include <stdio.h>
>>#include <conio.h>
>>
>>int main(int argc, char* argv[])
>>{       char Buf[16] = {0};
>>
>>        setbuf(stdin, NULL);
>>
>>        while(1)
>>        {   if(kbhit() )
>>            {   gets(Buf);
>>                printf("Received: %s\n", Buf);
>>            }
>>        }
>>        return 0;
>>}
>>
>>Output:
>>
>>aaa
>>Received: Paa
>>
>>So, if after typing aaa the first character seems to go lost. I am pretty
>>certain that under Win98 it worked like intended. Is this a bug?
>>
>>(I am using XP with Borland C++ Builder 4.0)
>>
>>Bas.
>
>I suspect you are getting tangled up in buffering between the O/S, the C
>library, and your program.  Try using something unbuffered like read() and see
>if it works OK.

Yes, the code below seems to work fine. Still I am a bit confused *why* the
earlier code does not work under XP...

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <io.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{       char Buf[16] = {0};

        setbuf(stdin, NULL);

        while(1)
        {   if(kbhit() )
            {   //gets(Buf);
                read(fileno(stdin), Buf, 16);
                printf("Received: %s\n", Buf);
            }
        }

        return 0;
}

Thanks Bob,

Bas.




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