[swift-evolution] Addition of a standardError OutputStream

[Xiaodi Wu]

Why not just OutputStream.stderr?

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 14:25 Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> Just throwing this here. Unfortunately `Stream` is already taken (and tied
> to Foundation).
>
> public struct StdStream {
>     public struct StderrStream: OutputStream {
>         public func write(_ string: String) { fputs(string, Darwin.stderr)
> }
>     }
>
>
>     public struct StdoutStream: OutputStream {
>         public func write(_ string: String) { fputs(string, Darwin.stdout)
> }
>     }
>
>
>     public static var err = StderrStream()
>     public static var out = StdoutStream()
> }
>
> So in use, it would look something like
>
> str.write(to: &StdStream.out)
> str.write(to: &StdStream.err)
>
> I also considered DarwinStream (seemed too on the nose), UnixStream,
> Streamfd, BSDStream, etc. Didn't like any of them.
>
> -- E, have paintbrush will bikeshed
>
>
> On Jul 11, 2016, at 12:58 PM, Saagar Jha via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks, I’ll write it up.
>
> On Jul 11, 2016, at 11:20, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
>
> on Sun Jul 10 2016, Saagar Jha <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
> What is the process for smaller issues like these? I’m guessing that
> this doesn’t need a proposal; where should it go? On bugs.swift.org
> <http://bugs.swift.org/>?
>
>
> If it adds an API, it needs a proposal.  Doesn't necessarily have to be
> a big proposal, and the review period can be short, but we don't add
> APIs without the evolution process.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> --
> Dave
>
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