[fpc-devel] Output flush on pipes

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sun, 14 May 2006 16:02:54 +0200
"Tomas Hajny" <XHajT03 at mbox.vol.cz> wrote:

> On 14 May 06, at 8:54, Vincent Snijders wrote:
> > Daniël Mantione wrote:
> > > Op Sun, 14 May 2006, schreef Martin Schreiber:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >>Since some time FPC doesn't  flush output on pipes after writeln.
> > >>On linux I can use a pseudo terminal, what can I do on win32 to get
> > >flushed  >output from FPC into the message window of MSEide?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > About flushing the output, I think it is impossible to receive the
> > > output  interactively currently, it will output in bursts. You should
> > > still be  able to receive the output, though. If you want to receive
> > > it  interactively, I think we can modify the compiler to flush after
> > > each  message. But again, I do not recommend this approach.
> > 
> > What I would appreciate, is that the output I get remains in the same 
> > order as it is generated. So, first the compiler saying linking and then
> > 
> > the linker giving error messages. See 
> > http://www.freepascal.org/bugs/showrec.php3?ID=4996
> 
> I guess that this should be easy to fix by always 
> flushing Output before launching external 
> utilities. Am I overlooking something? If not, I 
> can probably add this.

Good idea.

Mattias