> >Synopsis:       vi uses mmap() instead of read(); can corrupt remote files

This is a bug in the VM subsystem, exhibited by mmap, not a bug in vi.
"Fixing" it by changing vi would be like "fixing" a compiler that
botched typedef declarations by using #defines instead of typedefs.
There are a couple of other PRs open on the underlying bug, I believe.

					der Mouse

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