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Re:Sp.h is the standard library that C deserves by feelamee on Saturday May 23, 2026 @06:23AM (#48246468)
q> sp_log() writes directly to an IO writer. An IO writer can be buffered or unbuffered, but is unbuffered by default. This is a feature, not a bug. Have a look through the IO code!

Why is the unbuffered default? Is there any thoughts on this?

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Re:Sp.h is the standard library that C deserves by voakbasda on Saturday May 23, 2026 @09:59AM (#48247757)
A buffered file may not be fully written to disk if the program exits suddenly. That’s generally a highly undesirable trait for a log file.
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Re:Sp.h is the standard library that C deserves by Retr0id on Saturday May 23, 2026 @12:01PM (#48248761)
Line buffering solves this
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