Re: [Haskell-cafe] Fwd: Default stdout buffering of child processof createProcess

On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Donn Cave wrote:

Handles are for buffered I/O.

If this is the case, why is NoBuffering provided? Why does the documentation for Handle explicitly mention non-existent and zero-length buffers? If Handles are the standard cross-platform interface to buffered file IO, what is the standard cross-platform interface to unbuffered IO (output, specifically, since input is technically always at least 1 byte buffered)? --- Elliot Robinson