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Subject: RE: return value of fprintf
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<<On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:47:11 +0100, Kristof Zelechovski <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl> said:

> And the behaviour in question is undefined 
> in the sense that the standard does not define 
> what happens when you a stream for I/O with the error indicator set; 
> however, it is not defined as undefined, either.  

The Standard is what the Standard says, not what it doesn't say.  If
the Standard is silent, the behavior is undefined.

-GAWollman