Found out a way that appears to fix the problems on Windows

2 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/testing/embedding/test_thread.py b/testing/embedding/test_thread.py
index 34d74a8..1895076 100644
--- a/testing/embedding/test_thread.py
+++ b/testing/embedding/test_thread.py
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ class TestThread(EmbeddingTests):
             for j in range(10):
                 output = self._take_out(output, "adding 40 and 2 and 100\n")
                 output = self._take_out(output, "adding 1000, 200, 30, 4\n")
-            # Windows note: fails occasionally, but it looks like a Windows
-            # bug somehow.  If I add fprintf(stderr, "foo\n") after the
-            # final printf("done\n") in thread3-test.c, then it gets printed,
-            # even though the "done\n" part is very occasionally missing
-            # from the output.
             assert output == ("starting\n"
                               "prepADD2\n"
                               "done\n")
diff --git a/testing/embedding/thread3-test.c b/testing/embedding/thread3-test.c
index fa549af..69ada27 100644
--- a/testing/embedding/thread3-test.c
+++ b/testing/embedding/thread3-test.c
@@ -51,5 +51,6 @@ int main(void)
         assert(status == 0);
     }
     printf("done\n");
+    fflush(stdout);   /* this is occasionally needed on Windows */
     return 0;
 }