StandardOut structv0.1.0

Standard output: a byte Writer whose encoding matches where the bytes land.

pub struct StandardOut {
    // private fields
}

Associated functions

pub func Acquire() -> StandardOut

The process's standard output.

Returns: the stream, which the process owns for its whole life

StandardOut conforms to Writer.

pub func Write(
    self: &var StandardOut,
    bytes: char8[..]
) -> uint ! IoError

Writes what it can of bytes to standard output.

Name	Type	Description
`bytes`	`char8[..]`	the bytes to write

Returns: how many bytes were taken

pub func Flush(self: &var StandardOut) -> ! IoError

Nothing: these writes hold nothing back.

Returns: success, since everything written already reached the system

StandardIn

Standard input, with the console-versus-redirection question answered at acquisition.

StreamWriter

A TextWriter over any stream, recording the stream's failure where the caller can see it.