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Re: How do I force standard output? [message #42307 is a reply to message #42306]

Thu, 03 February 2005 06:39

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Benjamin Hornberger
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Matt Feinstein wrote:
> Hi all--
>
> Normally, IDL (on Win32) will print to standard output while a
> computation is in progress, but I've found that if I'm doing a large
> enough computation, it appears to cache output data and only send to
> standard output when the computation is over. This isn't necessarily a
> bad thing-- my problem is that I can't overcome this behavior when I
> really -do- want output during the computation, i.e., the command
> 'flush, -1' doesn't do anything. The UNIX guy in the next office
> suggested a 'non-blocking interrupt for keyboard input' but I'd rather
> not delve into the Win32 API if I don't have to. Any suggestions?
> Matt Feinstein
>
> --
> There is no virtue in believing something that can be proved to be true.

I asked the same question a few days ago (see my posting "flushing
stdout"). I got two replies by email (not on the newsgroup) which told
me to put a tiny WAIT before or after the print statement (wait, .01) as
a workaround.

Benjamin

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		Re: How do I force standard output? By: David Fanning on Thu, 03 February 2005 07:07
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