Asynchronous write() bug

[jshkurti]

I have this sample code :

var big_str = '';
for (var i = 0; i < 1024*1024; big_str += 'a', ++i);
big_str += 'END';

process.stdout.write(big_str);

Everything works as expected. The entire string is displayed to the output.
Then I add process.exit()

var big_str = '';
for (var i = 0; i < 1024*1024; big_str += 'a', ++i);
big_str += 'END';

process.stdout.write(big_str);
process.exit(0);

I noticed the "END" was missing. So I did
node app.js | wc -c which returned 65536.

I'm guessing this is used as buffer size somewhere. But still, why is process.exit() being called before write() has finished ?

iojs v2.3.1

[jshkurti]

Okay, process.stdout._handle.setBlocking(true) fixes the issue so I guess this PR #774 fixes it.
Will it be merged&published soon ?

[brendanashworth]

It is a known issue of io.js, but the fix is wonky and requires a semver-major change. It wasn't landed in the last major but I'm not sure if it will be in 3.x. I'd recommend tracking #774 for the fix.