Re: Adding streams for standard out and standard err

[phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)]

Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:

> phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) writes:
>
>> +Two functions which are specifically designed for use as output
>> +streams:
>> +
>> +@table @asis
>> +@cindex @code{stdout} output stream
>> +@item @var{stdout}
>> +Prints to the system standard output (as opposed to the
>> +@var{standard-output}), regardless of whether Emacs is running
>> +interactively or not.
>> +
>> +@item @var{stderr} output stream
>> +Prints to the system standard error, regardless of whether Emacs is
>> +running interactively or not.
>> +@end table
>
> That's not a good name for these functions.  Since they do the printing
> their name should include `print'.


Yes, this is true, although they only print single characters, which is
pretty useless for most people. In actual use, they look like this:

(print "hello" 'stdout)


Extending the name to reflect the full function:

(print "hello" 'printchar-to-stdout)

Seemed a bit duplicative to me.

Phil