So reference says the serial.flush() will wait for the TX to finish, but used to clear the buffer(s?). looking in stream it seems to be intended to clear the buffer, although it doesn't say RX or TX, however i don't even see flush in my stream.cpp core. is there a function to clear the serial RX bu…

serial.flush()

system May 10, 2012, 6:03pm 2

seems strange to me no such function already exists.

Because most people don't WANT to throw away random amounts of unread data. Why do you?

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