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| author | Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li> | 2007-08-07 19:31:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li> | 2007-08-07 19:31:39 +0000 |
| commit | 67b3443720b8dd58472cb92bc167adc97b935da4 (patch) | |
| tree | 23b7d5fcebf53fe36289789dc7a75f798fe00acd /docs | |
| parent | b4a94ccf25eea5377e4f0c214225c3d7e2c35bde (diff) | |
| download | haskell-67b3443720b8dd58472cb92bc167adc97b935da4.tar.gz | |
Add blurb in the user guide re stdout buffering differing between GHC and GHCi
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/ghci.xml | 12 |
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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml index c0167bfe09..86bfa8fc0c 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/ghci.xml @@ -2587,6 +2587,18 @@ Prelude> :set -fno-glasgow-exts <para>See <xref linkend="ghci-windows"/>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>The default buffering mode is different in GHCi to GHC.</term> + <listitem> + <para> + In GHC, the stdout handle is line-buffered by default. + However, in GHCi we turn off the buffering on stdout, + because this is normally what you want in an interpreter: + output appears as it is generated. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> |