buffer flushing?

Fri May 31 15:06:00 GMT 2002

>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Megacz <gcj@lists.megacz.com> writes:

Andrew> Is it not possible to open the file with a mode that stops
Andrew> this from happening?
Adam> Yes, although unfortunately Sun's JDK (1.4) does not do this. So
Adam> it's probably a bad idea for libgcj to do it. Argh.
I think it would be fine for us to do this, if it is what we want.
Java programs shouldn't be relying on this behavior. Are there other
tradeoffs? For instance, does doing this cause strange behavior in
other situations?
Tom