[kaffe] Problem with BufferedInputStream [patch]

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi,

On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 17:54, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 15:48, Helmer Krämer wrote:
> > So I would not completely remove the loop, but rather replace it with
> > something like "do {} while (len>0 && available()>0)"; dunno whether
> > that's really more correct, though...
> >
> > What do you think?
> 
> Seems that is more correct. But since available() isn't that reliable I
> wouldn't implement it that way since it might make the method block much
> more then needed. See for example the java.util.ZipInputStream
> available() method definition (which says to almost always returns 1!).
> 
> Also note that the javadoc say:
> 
>         Subclasses of this class are encouraged, but not required, to
>         attempt to read as many bytes as possible in the same fashion.
> 
> So users cannot rely on this behaviour anyway.

But I did try it out and the attached patch does what you suggest. Makes
the simple ReadLineTest and Snark work correctly and doesn't introduce
Mauve or make check regressions.

Cheers,

Mark
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