Re: cvs 1.11.2 buffer.c blocking socket/pipe w/bugfix

[Derek Robert Price]

Larry Jones wrote:
> Derek Robert Price writes:
> I assume you're checking:
>
> > > Hmmm.. I have not tested it, but I suppose !feof(bc->fp) might work on
> > > some platforms.
> > >     
> >   
> If so, it most definitely is *not* equivalent and does not work on any
> platform.  feof() doesn't return true unless some actual I/O routine has
> already encountered EOF, which won't ever have happened in normal
> operation.  The call to getc() is an actual I/O that tests for EOF now.

Can you suggest an alternative to get around the blocking problem?

Derek
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