ZipInputStream brokenness

Mon Sep 2 14:25:00 GMT 2002

Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:
> (It's actually gnu.gcj.protocol.http.URLConnection.)

> I don't think this code says very much about buffers pro or con.

Sure it does. If you have two inputstreams reading off a single
parent, and one of the children buffers, it can screw up its sibling.
Buffering can be added, but not removed.
If, as you claim, buffering is Always A Good Thing, why doesn't
the base InputStream class do buffering?
 - a
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