From: Pierre Baillet <oct@...>
Date: 2002-12-06T09:14:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Buffered output on Windows

Chris,

add an extra \n at the end of the line or the buffering will be non
coherent between the platforms.


On Fri, Dec 06, 2002, Chris Pine wrote:
> Quick question:
> 
> Why do I have to put
> 
>   $stdout.sync = true
> 
> in my programs if I run them in Windows (it's XP, if that matters), but not
> in Linux?  Here's the program (it's for my tutorial):
> 
>   puts ('Hello, and what is your name?')
>   name = gets.chomp
>   puts (name+'?  What a lovely name!')
>   puts ('Pleased to meet you, '+name+'.  :)')
> 
> In Linux, it works like you'd expect, but in Windows (unless I set
> $stdout.sync = true), it doesn't print the first line until the end.  So the
> program looks like it's hanging when it's waiting for the 'gets' to finish.
> 
> Is this on purpose?  I'd rather not have to introduce '$stdout.sync = true'
> right now.  It seems like 'true' should be the default setting, anyway...
> doesn't it?
> 
> Chris
> 
> 

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