reddit discussion on replacing Python in 0install

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:23:36 -0400, Walter Bright  
<newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> On 6/11/2013 8:55 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:

>> Note, it's only done once, the very first time anything is written.   
>> The rest of
>> the time, flushing follows normal procedure.
>>
>> In effect, the first write confirms the FD is valid, then all writes  
>> after
>> assume it stays valid.
>
> I don't agree. Buffering is often done on page size boundaries -  
> throwing out a random number of characters and then flushing will get it  
> all wonky.

What?  You only flush the 'random number' of characters once, the rest of  
the time you are flushing full buffers.  Where is the issue?

Or do you have a specific application in mind?

-Steve