Re: putc vs printf

[Simon Josefsson]

Thien-Thi Nguyen <address@hidden> writes:

> GNU RCS does not presently use gnulib, but it will in the future.
> With that in mind, i have a question inspired by this comment in
> the source code:
>
>   /* Output the first character with `putc', not `printf'.
>      Otherwise, an SVR4 stdio bug buffers output inefficiently.  */
>
> I don't know what to make of it and am wondering if, when the
> transition to gnulib occurs, it's an issue that can be conveniently
> glossed over.  Could someone explain this or point me to more info?

I don't know anything specific about that comment or problem, but I
doubt that you need to care about SVR4 at all these days?

/Simon