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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: use of _s[io]buf in stdio library
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Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 17:28:50 EDT
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> I have thought about using them in my own programs, maybe that's
> even what they are for!?

Don't!!  They are a detail of the implementation of stdio, and are *not*
guaranteed to be present in all implementations.  The intent was to make
sure that buffers for stdin and stdout were always available if they were
needed, whence the names.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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