[fpc-devel] Console IO revisited

[Thaddy]

On 3-12-2010 15:50, Daniël Mantione wrote:
>
> Could you maybe specify what you want to achieve and in what way FPC 
> requires you to use workaround hacks?
>
> Daniël
Yes,

In FPC the console IO is *always* redirected, be it through a handle or 
a named file.
The named file is expected to be independent of redirection. The handle 
not.
Handle copying or inheritance doesn't matter in this case. The 'CONXXX' 
should always point to one and the same.
Without hacks this is not possible in the current implementation. CONXXX 
!=  ( sorry, not) the vars Input, output etc.

At least in winapi speak. (or similar with Posix). And these refer to OS 
interfaces, not languages.

But as I confess, I might be wrong. Show me.

Michael has a point of view from the language perspective, which is 
historically almost correct.
My view is it has been superseded by OS's through history.

Oh my, I just promised I consider the prevailing opinion as acceptable ;-)

Sorry,

Regards,

Thaddy

There's a reason for being persistent. Also regarding the subject ;-)