-\item[no-buffering] output is written immediately, and never stored
-in the output buffer.
-\end{itemize}
-
-The output buffer is emptied as soon as it has been written out.
-
-Similarly, input occurs according to the buffer mode for handle {\em hdl}.
-\begin{itemize}
-\item[line-buffering] when the input buffer for {\em hdl} is not empty,
-the next item is obtained from the buffer;
-otherwise, when the input buffer is empty,
-characters up to and including the next newline
-character are read into the buffer. No characters
-are available until the newline character is
-available.
-\item[block-buffering] when the input buffer for {\em hdl} becomes empty,
-the next block of data is read into this buffer.
-\item[no-buffering] the next input item is read and returned.
-\end{itemize}
-For most implementations, physical files will normally be block-buffered
-and terminals will normally be line-buffered.
-
-\begin{code}
-data BufferMode = NoBuffering | LineBuffering | BlockBuffering (Maybe Int)
- deriving (Eq, Ord, Read, Show)
-\end{code}
-
-Computation $hSetBuffering hdl mode$ sets the mode of buffering for